US EditionPaul Thomas Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' Brings Revolution to the (Very) Big Screen
The film follows Bob Ferguson and his daughter as they face rival factions in a politically charged world, highlighting themes of activism and family with a $100 million budget.
- Soon in the sanctuary city of Baktan Cross, Willa is seized after a school dance and taken out of town for safekeeping by remnants of the French 75, forcing Bob Ferguson to protect her from Colonel Steven J. Lockjaw .
- Years ago, Bob Ferguson operated as “Ghetto Pat” within the French 75, which smuggled migrants and staged violent attacks until a deadly bank robbery forced arrests and exile.
- Technically breathtaking, the 162-minute film opens Sept 254 and reunites Paul Thomas Anderson with Florencia Martin, Andy Jurgensen, Colleen Atwood, Michael Bauman, and Jonny Greenwood.
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s most urgent film to date frames a nation’s turmoil as an inheritance passed to children, urging them to ‘play defense’ amid themes of revolution and family.
- Critics note the ensemble’s power with Leonardo DiCaprio’s raw, heartbreaking lead, Chase Infiniti and Teyana Taylor’s standout roles, and the film is likely a Best Picture contender at the 2026 Oscars.
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St Catharines StandardPaul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ brings revolution to the (very) big screen
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Thomas Anderson spent about 20 years writing “One Battle After Another.” After two decades, it’s never felt more relevant.
For someone like Paul Thomas Anderson , able to navigate loosely in porn, religion, drugs, oil or fashion, unleashing a handful of genres in a single movie should not be a problem. And it is not in 'One Battle after Another', which flows between social criticism, family drama, tragicomedia and pure and fast action. It does so as the pursuit of the end of the film, so fast that if you breathe you miss it. One tip: watch out for the changes of ras…
One Battle After Another: a ‘terrifically entertaining’ watch
From “Boogie Nights” (1998) to “There Will Be Blood” (2007) and beyond, Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA) has consistently refused to do the predictable thing, said Robbie Collin in The Telegraph. Yet even by his standards, “One Battle After Another” is an “electrifyingly improbable” proposition – a funny, “Dr. Strangelove”-style political satire cum action thriller, which “features not one, but two of the best car chases in years”.Set in an alternativ…
The revolution gets energized in Paul Thomas Anderson’s dynamite ‘One Battle After Another’
“One Battle After Another,” the name of Paul Thomas Anderson’s invigorating political thriller, would also make a fine title for the history of humankind. Whenever I catch myself wishing I’d lived in a calmer era, I’m oddly soothed by asking, Like, when? Every generation scuffles for something: suffrage, equality, autonomy, decent health, fair pay, even the right to keep on fighting. When Thomas Pynchon published his 1990 novel “Vineland,” a dec…
Review: The revolution gets energized in Paul Thomas Anderson's dynamite 'One Battle After Another'
Paul Thomas Anderson's brutally hilarious political thriller brings together Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Benicio del Toro and newcomer Chase Infiniti.
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