Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Presented in 70mm! Bob Ferguson is: a former revolutionary with the French 75, a self-described “drug and alcohol lover”, a single father to 16-year-old Willa (Chase Infiniti), and above all, a classic cinematic buffoon who has righteousness on his side but not much else. As embodied by Leonardo DiCaprio in a brilliant comic and tender performance, Bob is on the run— pursued by his past and by the vindictive Col. Stephen J. Lockjaw (an amazing Sean Penn)—while chasing his own daughter as she grows up and is drawn into the precarious world that he once inhabited. DiCaprio and Infiniti are supported by a volcanic Teyana Taylor as Willa’s MIA mother Perfidia Beverly Hills and Benicio del Toro as the calm and centered Sensei Sergio St. Carlos, and Anderson drops these characters into an epic story that sprawls across California and its unique alchemy of conspiracy and independence. The result is one of the best films of the year, and one that Paul Thomas Anderson originally shot in VistaVision and will be presented in 70mm at the Hammer Museum. 2025. USA. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Inspired by the novel *Vineland *by Thomas Pynchon. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Chase Infiniti, Benicio del Toro. 70mm courtesy Warner Brothers. 161 min. **$10 Hammer members | $20 general admission** Current members, check your email for your link to buy tickets, or contact [membership@hammer.ucla.edu](mailto:membership@hammer.ucla.edu). Not a member? [Become one today](https://hammer.ucla.edu/support/membership) for 50% off tickets! [BUY TICKETS](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1964577462074?aff=oddtdtcreator) *MoMA Contenders 2025* is organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This film program is organized by Rajendra Roy, the Celeste Bartos Chief Curator of Film, Sean Egan, Senior Producer, Film Exhibitions and Projects, and Olivia Priedite, Film Program Coordinator, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Hammer Museum's presentation is made possible by The Billy and Audrey L. Wilder Foundation.