Oscars Month marches forward on We Drink & We Watch Things as we tackle the provocative and high-stakes contender that has everyone talking: Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling political odyssey, One Battle After Another. Far from a traditional war movie, this is a stylish, kinetic look at an underground network of anti-fascist revolutionaries navigating a modern America on the brink. Pour yourself something strong and steady - you’re going to need it to keep up with the frantic energy of The French 75.

This week, we examine the film’s portrayal of resistance, following Leonardo DiCaprio’s "Bob" as a former munitions expert forced out of a stoner haze to protect his daughter from a shadow-government cabal. We talk through PTA’s decision to blend Thomas Pynchon’s psychedelic paranoia with very real contemporary anxieties, specifically focus ...