‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Dominates the 2023 Oscar Nominations
Other front-runners ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ and ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ also scored plenty of potential trophies and there were some pleasant surprises too.
Michelle Yeoh in 'Everything Everywhere All at Once.' Photo Credit: Courtesy of A24.
If anyone was concerned that a film featuring multiverses, sensual use of hot dog fingers and a fight involving butt plugs might be too weird for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, those concerns were put to one side this morning as ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ stormed the Oscar nominations with an impressive 11 nods.
We’ll wait to see how many of those nominations are converted into wins come Oscar night, but it’s a welcome show of support for the scrappy film that could which has gone on to become a major awards contender, winning plenty for directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert and stars Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, the latter of whom is surely the favorite as Best Supporting Actor. It’s also nice to see fellow co-star Stephanie Hsu up for Best Supporting Actress.
Elsewhere, fellow front-runners and awards hoovers ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ and ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ got nine nominations each, and both seem likely to take something home. ‘Elvis’ is nipping at their heels with eight, and star Austin Butler remains a potential Best Actor winner.
Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's 'Elvis.' Photo Courtesy of Warner Bros.
On the big blockbuster front, it was a case of mixed fortunes, much like the box office of late. ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ both made it into Best Picture and several technical categories, while ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ couldn’t repeat the trick of the first film, cropping up mostly in the likes of costume and make-up, though Angela Bassett has real (and deserved) momentum as Best Supporting Actress.
Like ‘Wakanda Forever’, ‘The Batman' is mostly found in the technical side of the nominations while both ‘Babylon’ and ‘Empire of Light’ lingered with just a couple of nods. We’re also sorry to see ‘RRR’ miss out on an International nod, though it is in contention for Best Original Song.
Among the pleasant surprises? The groundswell of support for Andrea Riseborough in ‘To Leslie’ sees her end up on the Best Actress list and an Animated Film category where you’d be happy with pretty much any of the listed entries winning. Also, Sarah Polley’s ‘Women Talking’ certainly deserves to be sharing Best Picture space with the others in that category (and Adapted Screenplay), even if its acting ensemble perhaps deserved better.
And disappointments? No sign of ‘Till’s Danielle Deadwyler or anything for ‘Decision to Leave’.
Here is the full list of nominees:
BEST PICTURE
(L to R): Jake Sully, Ronal, and Tonowari in 20th Century Studios' 'Avatar: The Way of Water.' Photo courtesy of 20th Century Studios. © 2022 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved.
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Elvis’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘TÁR’
DIRECTING
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’
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Austin Butler – ‘Elvis’
Colin Farrell – ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Paul Mescal – ‘Aftersun’
Bill Nighy – ‘Living’
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett – ‘TÁR’
Ana de Armas – ‘Blonde’
Andrea Riseborough – ‘To Leslie’
Michelle Williams – ‘The Fabelmans’
Michelle Yeoh – ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Brendan Gleeson in the film 'The Banshees of Inisherin.' Photo by Jonathan Hession. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2022 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved.
Brendan Gleeson – ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Bryan Tyree Henry – ‘Causeway’
Judd Hirsch – ‘The Fabelmans’
Barry Keoghan – ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
Ke Huy Quan – ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
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’
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’
‘Living’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’
‘Women Talking’
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘The Fabelmans’
‘TÁR’
‘Triangle of Sadness’
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Felix Kammerer in 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' Credit: Reiner Bajo.
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Close’
‘EO’
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
‘Marcel The Shell with Shoes On’
‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
‘All The Beauty and the Bloodshed’
‘Navalny’
COSTUME DESIGN
‘Babylon’
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
‘Elvis’
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’
SOUND
Robert Pattinson as Batman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure 'The Batman,' a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jonathan Olley/™ & © DC Comics. Copyright: © 2021 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
‘Elvis’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’
ORIGINAL SCORE
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Babylon’
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘The Fabelmans’
ORIGINAL SONG
‘Woman Talking’: “Applause” – Diane Warren
‘Top Gun: Maverick’: “Hold My Hand” – Lady Gaga
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’: “Lift Me Up” – Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson
‘RRR’: “Naatu Naatu” - M.M. Keeravaani and Chandrabose
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once: “This Is A Life” – Son Lux, Mitski, David Byrne
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘The Batman’
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
‘Elvis’
‘The Whale’
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Margot Robbie plays Nellie LaRoy in 'Babylon' from Paramount Pictures.
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
‘Babylon’
‘Elvis’
‘The Fabelmans’
FILM EDITING
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
‘Elvis’
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
‘TÁR’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’
CINEMATOGRAPHY
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’
‘Elvis’
‘TÁR’
VISUAL EFFECTS
Tom Cruise plays Capt. Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in 'Top Gun: Maverick' from Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films.
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
‘The Batman’
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
‘Top Gun: Maverick’
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
‘Haulout’
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
‘Ivalu’
‘Le Pupille’
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse’
‘An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It’
The 95th Oscars are set to air live, March 12th, on ABC.
