One Battle After Another, Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest movie, is a rare instance of success for the “Anytown, USA” setting. Where most pictures flounder with this anonymous approach to the United States – in attempting to present a slice of it that everyone can relate to, they necessarily make up something non-specific and false – One Battle After Another makes it work with a mélange of settings that coalesce into an insane and beautiful American collage. This is an action movie…

