One Battle After Another

In theaters (September 26)

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio , Sean Penn , Chase Infiniti, Benicio Del Toro, Regina Hall & more

Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson

Rating - **** (4/5)

If not anything else, I cannot imagine the sheer madness Paul Thomas Anderson ’s editing team must have endured while piecing together his latest film One Battle After Another . The sheer volume of cuts, jump moments, frantic energy, and relentless pacing feels like a dare he set for himself, and the rest of us are simply strapped in for the ride. It is not often that you begin a review talking about editing, but here it feels inevitable.

Because apart from being a mad, fantastic rollercoaster of chaos, this is also one of Anderson’s most technically dazzling works. That thought re

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