"One Battle After Another" & Paul Thomas Anderson

Published October 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM PDT

From left: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio in the 2025 film One Battle After Another; stills from the 1999 film Magnolia, the 1997 film Boogie Nights, and the 2007 film There Will Be Blood. — From left: Leonardo DiCaprio in *One Battle After Another* (2025); film stills from *Magnolia* (1999), *Boogie Nights* (1997), and *There Will Be Blood* (2007).

Of all the American filmmakers to emerge in the last three decades, no one has produced a more admirable body of work than Paul Thomas Anderson. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Mary Pat Treuthart, and Nathan Weinbender discuss Anderson’s latest effort, the Leonardo Di Caprio vehicle One Battle After Another, and then they tackle the filmmaker’s entire career, with each making a case for what they think is his best film.