February 2026

Revolution and Revenge: One Battle After Another

This in-depth look at the making of One Battle After Another appears in American Cinematographer's November 2025 issue. For full access to our archive, which includes more than 105 years of essential motion-picture production coverage, become a subscriber today. VistaVision is experiencing a renaissance. Following its use on last year’s The Brutalist (which earned cinematographer Lol Crawley, ASC, BSC an Academy Award for Best Cinematography), the 8-perf 35mm format, with its native aspect ratio of 1.50:1, provides the visual foundation for two major 2025 features: Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle AfterAnother and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia. VistaVision seems particularly suited to Anderson’s film, an eye-popping political thriller that...more