Author: Laura Turner

2025 is the year where respected auteur filmmakers receive their long-deserved mainstream attention and blockbuster status. Case in point: Paul Thomas Anderson. Anyone in the film zeitgeist will be familiar with Anderson’s diverse filmography; from the darkly meditative ‘The Master’ to the delicate power plays of ‘Phantom Thread’. His most recent film, One Battle After Another, serves as an adventurous departure. Yet, it may possibly be the best film released all year. One Battle After Another focuses on the ‘battle’ that retired revolutionary Bob (Leonardo DiCaprio) is forced to tackle; to track down his daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti) under the…