Everything Everywhere All At Once is the little picture that could, as this flick with a $25 million budget became a breakout hit last year, making it the highest-grossing film ever for studio A24. It’s been sweeping various awards ceremonies over the last month and now it leads the pack with 11 Academy Award nominations.
The film is up for Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Costume Design, and Original Score, with the Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) being nominated for Best Director, Michelle Yeoh for Lead Actress, Ke Huy Quan for Supporting Actor, and Jamie Lee Curtis and Stephanie Hsu both for Supporting Actress.
Trailing Everything Everywhere All At Once are All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin with nine nominations each. All three are competing for Best Picture.
All Quiet on the Western Front is also up for Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Visual Effects, Makeup and Hairstyling, Original Score, Sound, and perhaps most importantly, International Feature. It’s most likely that voters will give this German import the last award instead of Best Picture. This is also likely due to the fact that director Edward Berger was not nominated for Best Director and none of the actors were recognized.
As for The Banshees of Inisherin, in addition to Best Picture, that movie is up for Director (Martin McDonagh), Original Screenplay, Film Editing, and Original Score. Colin Farrell is up for Lead Actor, with Kerry Condon for Supporting Actress, and both Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan for Supporting Actor.
In the Best Director race, the Daniels and McDonagh are up against Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans, Todd Field for Tár, and Ruben Ostlund for Triangle of Sadness.
While Michelle Yeoh recently won a Best Lead Actress Award at the Golden Globes, she isn’t likely to take the Oscar because the Golden Globes split projects between Drama and Comedy. Everything Everywhere All At Once was classified as a comedy. At the Oscars, she will be facing off against Cate Blanchett for Tár, who is expected to take Best Lead Actress in this competition.
Yeoh and Blanchett are up against Ana de Armas for the much-maligned Blonde, Andrea Riseborough for To Leslie, and Michelle Williams for The Fabelmans.
In the Lead Actor race, Farrell is facing off against Austin Butler for Elvis, Brendan Fraser for The Whale, Paul Mescal for Aftersun, and Bill Nighy for Living. While Butler won the Golden Globe, at the Oscars, it’s pretty much an even three-way split between him, Farrell, and Fraser, with many banking that Fraser will take the prize. His performance in The Whale is seen as a massive comeback for the one-time headliner, and Hollywood loves a comeback.
Angela Bassett scored a Supporting Actress nomination for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, making her the first performer from a Marvel Studios movie to get an acting nomination from the Oscars. The kicker is that she has a very high chance of winning after she already took home the Golden Globe. She is up against Hong Chau for The Whale, Condon, Curtis, and Hsu. While both Curtis and Hsu did well in Everything Everywhere All At Once, a lot of times when two actors are nominated for the same project in the same category, they cancel one another out as the vote gets split.
For Supporting Actor, Gleeson, Keoghan, and Quan are facing off against Brian Tyree Henry for Causeway, and Judd Hirsch for The Fabelmans. Quan is eyed as the frontrunner, having already won a Golden Globe and Gotham Award. Once again, Hollywood loves a comeback and that bodes well here.
Side note: This is the first time four actors of Asian descent are up for acting honors, with Yeoh, Quan, Hsu, and Chau in the running.
The Indian film RRR was snubbed in the International Feature category, which was kind of a shock. Its sole nomination was in the Original Song race, where “Naatu Naatu” is up against “Applause” from Tell It Like A Woman, “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick, “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and “This is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All At Once. The prize is likely to go to either “Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga or “Lift Me Up” by Rihanna, because they are major pop stars and have broad appeal. Neither song is their respective artists’ best and neither was a major hit on the charts. “Naatu Naatu,” on the other hand, is a crowd-pleaser and plays a major role in RRR, while the other two were just played over the closing credits of their movies.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is the frontrunner for Animated Feature, where it is up against Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, The Sea Beast, and Turning Red. Puss In Boots is the greatest threat, due to the fact that it was such a huge financial hit, but Pinocchio has been racking up wins, so it seems like a safe bet to take the Oscar as well.
Finally, in the biggest category, Best Picture, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Banshees of Inisherin, and Everything Everywhere All At Once are up against Avatar: The Way of Water, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, and Women Talking. And none of the latter seven has a chance. (Well, maybe one.)
But, as mentioned, All Quiet on the Western Front will likely score International Film, so its chances at Best Picture are much slimmer. While Avatar: The Way of Water is one of the top-grossing movies of all time, it is likely to sweep the technical categories. The fact that it isn’t nominated for any of the other major prizes (like Best Director, Screenplay, or any of the acting races), makes it very unlikely that it will win here.
And Top Gun: Maverick is in the same boat. It’s a great film that thrilled audiences, but it also isn’t nominated in any of the major categories, except for (surprisingly) Adapted Screenplay, so it’s not going to be named Best Picture. But again, it could take Original Song, as well as some technical prizes as it did employ a revolutionary style of filmmaking.
Then there’s The Fabelmans. Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical love letter to filmmaking seems like it would be catnip for Academy voters. But one of the most successful directors of all time has found himself in a slump lately, and this was just his latest dud at the box office. Of course, box office has no bearing on the Oscars.
But this is something of an old-fashioned film. That could appeal to older voters who may be turned off by the “edgier” style of The Banshees of Inisherin or Everything Everywhere All At Once. The Fabelmans actually has a decent shot at winning, but as of right now, most pundits are giving the edge to the other two.
And what about those two? Everything Everywhere All At Once is a real oddity in that it came out fairly early in 2022 (March) yet it never left the conversation when it comes to Best Movie of the Year. It has been winning multiple awards for various bodies and that could carry it and all involved to Oscar gold. But it’s just SO weird!
The Banshees of Inisherin is a bit more traditional and may appeal to a wider portion of the voting body.
But we’ll see! The 95th Annual Academy Awards will be telecast on Sunday, March 12, 2023!
You can find all of the nominees below.
Best Picture
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Malte Grunert, Producer
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
“Elvis,” Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
“The Fabelmans,” Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
“Tár,” Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers
“Top Gun: Maverick,” Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
“Triangle of Sadness,” Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
“Women Talking,” Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers
Best Director
Martin McDonagh (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”)
Todd Field (“Tár”)
Ruben Östlund (“Triangle of Sadness”)
Best Lead Actor
Austin Butler (“Elvis”)
Colin Farrell (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brendan Fraser (“The Whale”)
Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”)
Bill Nighy (“Living”)
Best Lead Actress
Cate Blanchett (“Tár”)
Ana de Armas (“Blonde”)
Andrea Riseborough (“To Leslie”)
Michelle Williams (“The Fabelmans”)
Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)
Judd Hirsch (“The Fabelmans”)
Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Hong Chau (“The Whale”)
Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”)
Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)
Best Adapted Screenplay
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” Written by Rian Johnson
“Living,” Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
“Top Gun: Maverick,” Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
“Women Talking,” Screenplay by Sarah Polley
Best Original Screenplay
“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Written by Martin McDonagh
“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
“The Fabelmans,” Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
“Tár,” Written by Todd Field
“Triangle of Sadness,” Written by Ruben Östlund
Best Cinematography
“All Quiet on the Western Front”, James Friend
“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths,” Darius Khondji
“Elvis,” Mandy Walker
“Empire of Light,” Roger Deakins
“Tár,” Florian Hoffmeister
Best Documentary Feature Film
“All That Breathes,” Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
“Fire of Love,” Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
“A House Made of Splinters,” Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
“Navalny,” Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris
Best Documentary Short Film
“The Elephant Whisperers,” Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
“Haulout,” Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
“How Do You Measure a Year?” Jay Rosenblatt
“The Martha Mitchell Effect,” Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
“Stranger at the Gate,” Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones
Best Film Editing
“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
“Elvis,” Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Paul Rogers
“Tár,” Monika Willi
“Top Gun: Maverick,” Eddie Hamilton
Best International Feature Film
“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)
“Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
“Close” (Belgium)
“EO” (Poland)
“The Quiet Girl” (Ireland)
Best Original Song
“Applause” from “Tell It Like a Woman,” Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Hold My Hand” from “Top Gun: Maverick,” Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
“Naatu Naatu” from “RRR,” Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
“This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne
Best Production Design
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
“Babylon,” Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
“Elvis,” Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
“The Fabelmans,” Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara
Best Visual Effects
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
“The Batman,” Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
“Top Gun: Maverick,” Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher
Best Animated Feature Film
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
“The Sea Beast,” Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
“Turning Red,” Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins
Best Animated Short Film
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse,” Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
“The Flying Sailor,” Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
“Ice Merchants,” João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
“My Year of Dicks,” Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
“An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It,” Lachlan Pendragon
Best Costume Design
“Babylon,” Mary Zophres
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Ruth Carter
“Elvis,” Catherine Martin
“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Shirley Kurata
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris,” Jenny Beavan
Best Live Action Short
“An Irish Goodbye,” Tom Berkeley and Ross White
“Ivalu,” Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
“Le Pupille,” Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
“Night Ride,” Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
“The Red Suitcase,” Cyrus Neshvad
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
“The Batman,” Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
“Elvis,” Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
“The Whale,” Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley
Best Original Score
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Volker Bertelmann
“Babylon,” Justin Hurwitz
“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Carter Burwell
“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Son Lux
“The Fabelmans,” John Williams
Best Sound
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte
“Avatar: The Way of Water,” Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
“The Batman,” Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson
“Elvis,” David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
“Top Gun: Maverick,” Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor
