US EditionPaul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” Is Blockbuster Filmmaking at the Highest Level
Paul Thomas Anderson’s politically charged film follows a burned out revolutionary who fights to protect his daughter from a white nationalist, earning $22 million opening weekend.
- Released on September 26, One Battle After Another has grossed $102 million worldwide and is currently in theaters.
- Loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon's Vineland, the film opens with the French 75 revolutionary group breaking into a California detention centre to free immigrants.
- Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Bob `Ghetto Pat` Ferguson, a washed-up revolutionary who repeatedly fails to save his daughter, while Sean Penn’s Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw hunts them amid Jonny Greenwood’s score and Colleen Atwood’s costumes.
- Holding a 96 per cent Rotten Tomatoes score, publications like the Globe and Mail praise the film and it is a 2026 Oscar contender.
- Conservative commentators including Ben Shapiro and David Marcus called the film an apologia for left-wing violence and warned it could provoke `bloodlust`, while other critics said it depicts a fantasy of a left that does not exist.
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I Saw ‘One Battle After Another’ Six Times in Six Formats in Six Days
From VistaVision to 70mm, the release strategy for Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film offers a plethora of options for discerning cinephiles, but which is the best? We watched them all to find out.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is blockbuster filmmaking at the highest level
“One Battle After Another” was one of my most anticipated films of the year. Coming from one of the best American filmmakers ever, starring one of my favorite actors of all time, I couldn’t contain my excitement. Luckily, the film lived up to these high expectations and was even better than I expected. Taking place in California, “One Battle After Another” is about a revolutionary group called the French 75, after a tragedy occurs. Bob “Ghetto P…
At The Movies: One Battle After Another • The Western Weekender
Verdict: 4/5 You could be forgiven for thinking the opening scene of ‘One Battle After Another’ was actually the film’s dramatic conclusion. It has all the action and excitement of a climax to an action flick, as we watch a revolutionary group undertaking an operation on the Mexico-US border, where they release immigrants awaiting processing. In all the action, French 75 leader Perfidia Beverly Hills (Teyana Taylor) captures and sexually humilia…
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