One Battle After Another (2025)

What do we want from Black women on screen?

From Teyana Taylor’s Oscar-nominated turn in One Battle After Another to Industry’s ruthless Harper Stern, Black women are taking on some of the most morally complex roles on screen. But what does “good” representation really mean and must it always be aspirational? Michaela Makusha investigates.

One Battle After Another Production Designer Florencia Martin on Building Paul Thomas Anderson’s Detailed World

Florencia Martin's second feature collaboration with Paul Thomas Anderson following Licorice Pizza and her second Oscar nomination following Babylon, One Battle After Another is a feat of instant-classic production design. From the redwood stump that Bob emerges from as he's being hunted down by Lockjaw to Sensei's labyrinthine, linked apartments to the Christmas Adventurers' underground

“One Battle After Another” Reminds Me What I Want From White Art - Electric Literature

Latine activism is an unusual addition to Paul Thomas Anderson's milk-pale oeuvre