“One Battle After Another” is the 10th feature from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson. How does it rank?

Also included here is a selection of favorite songs from these movies, providing an alternative summary of their stories.

Let the arguments begin.

1More so than with other directors, it’s always tempting to overly psychologize Paul Thomas Anderson’s films, looking for traces of his personal development and hints of autobiography: the father figures of “Magnolia” or “The Master,” the partnership of “Phantom Thread,” parenthood in the new “One Battle After Another.” Yet two things truly set his work apart. There’s the incredibly high level of craft in each of them, giving each a unique feel, sensibility and visual identity, and also the deeply felt humanism: a pure love of p

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