'One Battle After Another' leads charge for Golden Globes

Hollywood's awards season kicks into high gear on Sunday at the Golden Globes gala, with the politically charged "One Battle After Another" expected to solidify its status as the film to beat, two months ahead of the Oscars.

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Teyana Taylor in "One Battle After Another," Timothee Chalamet in "Marty Supreme," in "Hamnet," and Michael B. Jordan with Milea Caton in "Sinners"

Paul Thomas Anderson's screwball thriller, which centers on an aging revolutionary (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his teenage daughter (Chase Infiniti), is a rollicking ride featuring violent leftist radicals, immigration raids, and white supremacists.

At a time when the United States is deeply polarized, many critics and pundits have hailed the film as capturing the moment.

With nine nominations, "One Battle" appears a lock to take home the prize for best comedy/musical film.

"We're seeing a real sweep and a juggernaut in that movie," Deadline's awards columnist and chief critic Pete Hammond told AFP, recalling that so far, it has won every best picture prize so far this season.

DiCaprio will vie for best actor with Timothee Chalamet, who boosted his Oscars campaign with a win at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday for his star turn in "Marty Supreme" as an ambitious 1950s table tennis player.

"Leonardo DiCaprio would be tremendously helped by actually winning at the Globes. That's the ideal moment to stop Timothee Chalamet's momentum before the Oscars," Hammond said.