One Battle After Another

Washed-up revolutionary Bob (DiCaprio) exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off the grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa (Infiniti). But when his evil nemesis (Penn) resurfaces after 16 years and Willa goes missing, the aging radical finds himself thrust back into the action in order to find her, causing both father and daughter to pay the price for Bob’s past life.

Loosely riffing on the narrative arc of Vineland, but updated to the modern world of ICE raids and new American brownshirts, Paul Thomas Anderson’s (There Will Be Blood, Boogie Nights) Best Picture winner includes perhaps the most Pynchonian concept not penned by the master himself: a cadre of American fascists that call themselves “The Christmas Adventurers Club.”