Overview

• Press and industry showings prompted talk of Oscar contention, with IndieWire’s podcast calling it a likely awards frontrunner while formal reviews remain under embargo.
• Leonardo DiCaprio plays Bob, a burned-out former revolutionary whose past resurfaces as he searches for his daughter, with Sean Penn portraying his longtime adversary.
• Coverage highlights the film’s politically charged focus on extremism, immigration crackdowns and a white-supremacist group, delivered through a darkly comic lens.
• Benicio del Toro, Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall and newcomer Chase Infiniti co-star, with del Toro and DiCaprio describing an on-set camaraderie that shaped their characters’ dynamic.
• DiCaprio says he is slowing down in his 50s but long sought to work with Paul Thomas Anderson, calling the collaboration a chance he “couldn’t say no” to.