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Crimson White Hails Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ as the Year’s Best

A campus review spotlights VistaVision craft with Greenwood’s score in a contemporary DiCaprio-led story.

Overview

  • The Crimson White’s review calls the film potentially the best of the decade and frames it as a career-cementing achievement for Anderson.
  • Paul Thomas Anderson writes and directs a present-day narrative that engages themes of immigration, revolution and generational divides.
  • Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a former revolutionary and father, with key roles for Sean Penn and Teyana Taylor alongside Chase Infiniti.
  • Shot on large-format VistaVision by cinematographer Michael Bauman, the film features standout sequences including a rooftop pursuit and a desert car chase.
  • Jonny Greenwood’s percussive score and a reported $130–175 million scale lead the review to describe this as Anderson’s largest canvas to date.