"His latest, One Battle After Another, is loosely based on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel, Vineland, and was described half-jokingly by the director during a post-screening Q&A on Monday as "an action-comedy with a dash of postpartum depression." The film, which stars Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro, and Sean Penn, alongside Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall, has been enjoying an incredibly effusive reception from critics."
"So: An Academy-favored filmmaker has a new film starring a bunch of Oscar winners, and it's burning up review pages in a year where Oscar front-runners have been hard to come by. This isn't advanced calculus. One Battle After Another is our new Best Picture front-runner. Right? Well, aside from a general reticence to hand out trophies in September, I'd point out that a number of questions and caveats need to be answered on the road from here to the Oscar podium."
Summer yielded few awards contenders compared with recent summers featuring Oppenheimer, Barbie, Top Gun: Maverick, and Elvis. Sinners showed early Oscar potential but later hopefuls like Celine Song's Materialists and The Life of Chuck failed to sustain awards momentum. Paul Thomas Anderson released One Battle After Another, a loose adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's Vineland, described by the director as "an action-comedy with a dash of postpartum depression." The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro, Sean Penn, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, and Regina Hall. Critics have lauded the film, giving it a 96/100 Metacritic score and positioning it as an early Best Picture frontrunner, though several questions and caveats remain en route to awards season.
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