Context: Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga One Battle After Another took top honours at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloe Zhao’s Shakespeare drama Hamnet pulled off an upset over Sinners to win best film, drama. Hamnet star Jessie Buckley won best female actor.
- One Battle After Another won best film, comedy, supporting female actor for Teyana Taylor, best director and best screenplay for Mr. Anderson Sinners won for best score and cinematic and box-office achievement .
- Timothee Chalamet won his first Golden Globe for Marty Supreme.
- The Globes held in California began with a pointedly political opening from host Nikki Glaser.
- “Yes, the Golden Globes, without a doubt the most important thing happening in the world right now,” she said.
- Winners included Rose Byrne for best female actor in a comedy or musical in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, and Wagner Moura, the Brazilian star of The Secret Agent, for best male actor in a drama. Kleber Mendonça Filho’s period political thriller also won best international film. Supporting actor front-runner Stellan Skarsgard won for the Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value. It was the first major Hollywood movie award for the 74-year-old veteran actor.