Time doesn't exist, yet it controls us anyway

James called it. He told me last week when when we were up in Whitby: One Battle After Another is the film of the decade and that I had to go and see it. On the big screen. And to be quick about it (new releases don't hang around at cinemas like they use to). 

And he was right; of course he was. I snuck into my local art house cinema for the penultimate screening. When a bunch of revolutionary misfits ('French 75') headed up by Leonardo DiCaprio are forced to come out of hiding and get the old band back together, what unfolds is a nail-biting caper loaded with suspense and hilarious one liners all wrapped up in a tightly wound screenplay (based, loosely, on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland). No surprise that Rotten Tomatoes loved it. Even the car chase. The supporting cast which includes Sean Penn,Teyana Taylor, Benicia del Toro and Chase Infiniti are superb and, between them, both they and this highly charged movie should absolutely clean up when awards season comes around. If it's still showing where you are you should really go and see it. You'll thank me, I promise you.

One Battle After Another - Official Trailer (2025)