*One Battle After Another*

That is the new Paul Thomas Anderson movie, inspired by Pynchon’s Vineland.  I do not usually like Anderson’s films (apart from Magnolia), but this so far is the best movie of the year?  It takes the “Days of Rage” themes and connects them to our current predicament, weaving them into a unified whole, where the world has some characteristics of the 1970s and some of today.  Some scenes are flawed, but overall the cast, soundtrack, and cinematography are the best I have seen in some while.  We are doing cinema again, or at least he is.  Recommended, noting that it can be dispiriting and difficult to watch.  Here is the Yglesias review.