In its most ideal version, the Oscars should be a big, warm, sincere celebration of film. This year’s ceremony was not perfect, of course, but to a really impressive extent, this Oscars ceremony was exactly what these awards should be. Much of that was thanks to host Conan O’Brien, who was able to keep things from getting too self-serious. That overall mood was well supported by the broader ceremony, right down to an in memoriam segment that was one of the loveliest and most thoughtful in recent memory. The award for Best Short Film being a tie, only the seventh in Oscars history, really felt like an act of kismet in service of spreading the love around. And while ‘One Battle After Another’ won for Best Picture and Best Director, the top acting awards also went to Michael B. Jordan for Sinners and Jessie Buckley for Hamnet, meaning that the whole night felt like recognition rather than a coronation. Plus: Matt Berry was the announcer. What more could anyone want! See all of our highs, lows, and whoas of the night: