The latest from Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another" has Leonardo DiCaprio starring in a black comedy thriller, taking inspiration from the novel, "Vineland" by Thomas Pynchon. This is Anderson's second adaptation of a book by Pynchon ("Inherent Vice" was first back in 2014) and the story hasn't been fully revealed but we know that DiCaprio plays a hard-living revolutionary who is trying to rescue his kidnapped daughter (played by Chase Infiniti who last appeared in the series, "Presumed Innocent"). But he struggles to remember the password that is needed to assemble his fellow radical revolutionaries to assist him in rescuing her due to his many years of substance abuse. Sean Penn, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Alana Haim and Benicio del Toro also star.
I have to say that I was not a fan at all of Anderson's last feature, "Licorice Pizza". Yet I remain very optimistic about this upcoming film as I believe strongly that PTA is still one of our greatest contemporary filmmakers. "Punch-Drunk Love", "There Will Be Blood", "The Master" and "Phantom Thread" all appear on the recent NYT's "100 Best Movies of the 21st Century" (making him tied with Alfonso Cuarón and the Coen brothers for the second most films of this list at four and Christopher Nolan leading with five), revealing his outstanding ability in creating enduring, modern classics.
"One Battle After Another" is due in US theaters on September 26, 2025
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