One Battle After Another sweeps the Oscars as Michael B Jordan and Jessie Buckley win big

Paul Thomas Anderson’s revolutionary epic took home six awards while Sinners scored four including for best actor In pictures: Jessie Buckley, Michael B Jordan and Jacob Elordi at the afterparties Paul Thomas Anderson’s counter-culture caper One Battle After Another has won the Oscars war, taking home six awards after a hotly contested season. The big-budget comedy thriller, inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland, was named best picture and also won director, supporting actor for Sean Penn, adapted screenplay, editing and the first ever Oscar for casting, a category long petitioned for within the industry. “I wrote this movie for my kids to say sorry for the housekeeping mess we left in this world we’re handing off to them,” Anderson said in his first acceptance speech of the night. He also said he hoped a younger generation would help bring back “common sense and decency” to society. Previously nominated for films including Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood and Phantom Thread, tonight marks Anderson’s first ever Oscar wins. Penn beat out his co-star Benicio del Toro for his third Oscar win but wasn’t in attendance to accept his award. “Sean Penn couldn’t be here tonight or didn’t