By JAKE COYLE, Associated Press Film Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — If there were any doubt, the first few days of Hollywood’s year-end awards has already made it abundantly clear: Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” is the Oscar front-runner.

On Monday, “One Battle After Another” won best film at the 35th Gotham Awards. On Tuesday, it was named best film by the New York Film Critics Circle. On Wednesday, it swept the National Board of Review Awards, winning best film, best director for Anderson and acting awards for Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro and newcomer Chase Infiniti.

Expect to hear this pun a lot: one award after another.

“I didn’t expect this, actually,” Anderson said at the Gothams. “I started to think I didn’t know what was going on.”

That may be the first, and

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