With ‘One Battle After Another,’ Paul Thomas Anderson Captures the Shortcomings of His Generation

With ‘One Battle After Another,’ Paul Thomas Anderson Captures the Shortcomings of His Generation

It’s fair to ask why Leonardo DiCaprio’s plays the central character of One Battle After Another.

Every Day Is 'One Battle After Another'

In their epic drama, Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio map a way through our uniquely absurd reality.

AwardsWatch - Director Watch Podcast Ep. 119 – ‘One Battle After Another’ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2025)

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of some of cinema’s greatest auteurs. In doing so, they will look at their filmographies, explore what drives them artistically and what makes their decision making process so fascinating. Add in…