Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” isn’t part of the New York Film Festival’s lineup, but its agitated sense of inheritance and keeping a fighting spirit alive are all over this year’s cinematic convergence at Lincoln Center.
The New York Film Festival kicks off Friday, the same day Anderson’s antic American epic lands in theaters. These aren’t completely separate events. Lincoln Center, which hosts the festival, last weekend screened “One Battle After Another” in 70mm. And several of Anderson’s most important colleagues — Daniel Day-Lewis, Martin Scorsese — will be prominent at this year’s festival.
