One Battle After Another , the latest film by celebrated American indie auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, barrels forward from its earliest moments. It crackles with fighting energy, rarely stopping for breath. A loose adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's 1990 book Vineland , it spans a period just shy of two decades and runs for nearly three hours, but it feels like it's over in the blink of an eye.
Luke Goodsell is an editor, critic, and festival programmer at ABC Arts. He specializes in arts and entertainment, with a particular focus on film and cinema, as well as theater. Luke's insights and critiques have been featured in The Saturday Paper and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).