‘One Battle After Another’ — Inside the Insane Movie that Dissects America’s Fractured Democracy – Metro Philadelphia

‘One Battle After Another’ — Inside the insane movie that dissects America’s fractured democracy – Metro Philadelphia

The recent death of Robert Redford was a reminder of just how much 'All the President’s Men' unsettled old certainties about American democracy. An exposé of the Watergate scandal of 1972 (when members of the campaign to re-elect Richard Nixon were caught planting secret recording devices at the Democratic National Committee’s Watergate building), Alan J. Pakula’s film fed into an increasing sense that the institutions of American governance wer…

What Is VistaVision? Inside the Classic Widescreen Format Behind Hollywood’s Biggest Films

The promotional materials are out for the new Paul Thomas Anderson film One Battle After Another, and by now, I'm sure you've heard everyone urging you to see the movie in VistaVision.But One Battle After Another is just the latest in a new wave of movies resurrecting the old format.So, what is VistaVision?And why is it being resurrected now, and what does it mean that PTA is not only shooting on it but projecting on it in four select theaters w…

One Battle After Another (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL

****/****starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hallwritten and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson by Walter Chaw One Battle After Another feels like contraband. It’s the sort of movie the Ministry of Culture would ban before offering the position of Head of the Ministry of Culture to its director. A Fritz Lang situation, if you will, where a nation-under-siege’s Best shoot their shot before being silenced or recruited–or …

Movie Review: “One Battle After Another”

September 29, 2025 Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson is known as a top-tier talent without top-tier recognition. None of his movies have made more than $50 million at the domestic box office, and despite 11 nominations, he’s never won himself an Academy Award (a combined three Oscar wins have come from his films, including Daniel Day-Lewis as Best Actor for 2007’s “There Will Be Blood,” but I’m talking about Anderson personally). “One Battle …