The Oscars crowned a war film
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The gap: the culture industry performs its annual self-celebration while the actual war plays on a split screen. "One Battle After Another" as title and as description of the moment. The collective watches the ceremony to feel something other than the news.
Appearances
*One Battle After Another* won Best Picture in a ceremony dominated by its showdown with *Sinners* (16 nominations, the most in Oscar history). Michael B. Jordan won Best Actor. Jessie Buckley won Best Actress for *Hamnet*. Sean Penn was a no-show for his third career Oscar. The first-ever Casting Achievement award was given.
The gap: the culture industry performs its annual self-celebration while the actual war plays on a split screen. "One Battle After Another" as title and as description of the moment. The collective watches the ceremony to feel something other than the news.