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Howard Bryant breaks down One Battle After Another & Highest 2 Lowest | 10.08

· 55 min

Episode Howard Bryant breaks down One Battle After Another & Highest 2 Lowest | 10.08

0:00 55:05

Bomani Jones is joined by Howard Bryant to break down Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another,’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall & Teyana Taylor. They explore themes of capitalism, character representation, and the role of music in film, while discussing many critiques of the film being litigated on social media. Later, they discuss Spike Lee's 'Highest 2 Lowest' starring Denzel Washington. They discuss how it compares to Kurosawa's 'High and Low" and what the movie does and does not say about Black Capitalism.

2:00 - Breaking down "One Battle After Another"

31:50 - Highest 2 Lowest: The High and The Low

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