'One Battle After Another'
Richard Lawson in his review of director Paul Thomas Anderson's 2025 film describes it as 'aimed squarely and righteously at the nightmare politics of today'. 'One Battle After Another Review: Leonardo DiCaprio Leads Paul Thomas Anderson’s Bracingly Timely Wonder' by Richard Lawson, 17 September 2025, The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/one-battle-after-another-review-leonardo-dicaprio-1236372737/ 'A furious American epic with style' produced with the backing of a major studio the director has turned to face the reality that is rushing at us all. He provocatively depicts 'the squalid motivation of the people currently dispatching the National guard to major cities and empowering ICE to spread far and wide in its cruel project', 'a government that is largely motivated by seething racism'. A few months after the release of the film, protesting American citizens were being killed on the streets of M...