Paul Thomas Anderson's counter-culture caper One Battle After Another emerged as the biggest winner at this year's Oscars, taking home six awards including best picture. The film, inspired by Thomas Pynchon's Vineland, also won best director for Anderson, supporting actor for Sean Penn, adapted screenplay, editing, and the first-ever Oscar for casting.
In his acceptance speech, Anderson dedicated the film to his children, saying he wrote it 'to say sorry for the housekeeping mess we left in this world we're handing off to them.' He expressed hope that a younger generation would help restore 'common sense and decency' to society. The wins mark Anderson's first Oscars after previous nominations for Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood, and Phantom Thread.
The period vampire blockbuster Sinners, which entered the night with a record 16 nominations, won four awards: best actor for Michael B Jordan, original screenplay, original score, and cinematography. Autumn Durald Arkapaw made history as the first female and first Black winner of the cinematography award. Jordan, who won his first Oscar, became the sixth Black winner in the best actor category.
Jessie Buckley became the first Irish winner of the best actress Oscar for her role in Chloé Zhao's Hamnet. Amy Madigan won best supporting actress for her villainous role in the horror film Weapons, setting a record for the longest gap between nominations before a win, having been previously nominated in 1986.
Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value won best international feature film, marking Norway's first win in the category. The documentary Oscar went to Mr Nobody Against Putin, about a teacher resisting oppressive rules in a Russian school. KPop Demon Hunters won two awards for animated feature and original song, with co-director Maggie Kang dedicating the win to Korea and 'Koreans everywhere.'
