"One Battle After Another"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 240 minutes

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Summary

For this week's main podcast review, Josh Parham, Cody Dericks, Giovanni Lago, Brendan Hodges, and Will Mavity join me to review and discuss the latest film from Paul Thomas Anderson, "One Battle After Another," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. Inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, the film follows an ex-revolutionary turned stoner father who must rescue his daughter from an overpowering military officer and aspiring white supremacist. It has garnered some of the best reactions, reviews, and audience ratings of Paul Thomas Anderson's career, at a time when many feel that a politically charged yet massively entertaining film like this (that can be experienced in a wide range of theatrical formats) is wholly necessary for the times we're living in. But what did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss the writing, direction, performances, score, cinematography, its politics, awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review for one battle after another.
0:06.7	What I'm doing here is I'm creating a closed circuit.
0:12.1	Mm.
0:13.6	Very important to keep your cap shunted like this so you don't accidentally detonate your charge.
0:22.6	Build stuff. I wantn should create a show.
0:24.6	This is an announcement of revolution.
0:26.6	The message is clear.
0:30.6	I'll be seeing you very soon.
0:32.6	Not if I see you first.
0:33.6	Vivala revolution!
0:43.3	For bringing justice to the vigilante group known as the French 75. We are here to award Stephen Lockjaw with the Medal of Honor.
0:48.3	You have to understand and we'll love.
0:52.3	Me and Mom used to run around and do some real bad things. You have to understand and we'll love.
0:57.0	Me and mom used to run around and do some real bad shit.
1:01.0	They got hurt. Now they're coming after us.
1:03.0	I'm sorry.
1:04.0	I didn't ask for this.
1:05.0	That's just how the cards were rolled out for me.
1:07.0	It's not cards. You don't roll cards. It's dice.
1:09.0	Dad, what is wrong with you?
1:11.2	You're right. Let's go.
1:15.0	I got a tunnel.
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