Allison Williams and Riz Ahmed unveiled nominees at the upcoming 95th Academy Awards. Leading the way this year is The Daniels’ EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE with 11 nominations including Best Picture, Directing, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress. Canada’s Elevation Pictures gets a whopping twenty nominations this year with other films on their roster including THE WHALE and TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, also up for Best Picture. TIFF ’22 selection ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT is a surprise late entrant in the race with an impressive nine nominations for Netfflix.
The Academy Awards take place March 12, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. EDT and air on ABC.
Nominees this year as as follows:
All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix)
Avatar: The Way of Water (20th Century Studios)
The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
Elvis (Warner Bros)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
Tár (Focus Features)
Top Gun: Maverick (Paramount Pictures)
Triangle of Sadness (NEON)
Women Talking (United Artists Releasing/Orion Pictures)
Austin Butler in Elvis
Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser in The Whale
Paul Mescal in Aftersun
Bill Nighy in Living
Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway
Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans
Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Cate Blanchett in Tár
Ana de Armas in Blonde
Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie
Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Hong Chau in The Whale
Kerry Condon in The Banshees of Inisherin
Jamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix)
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (A24)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Universal Pictures)
The Sea Beast
Turning Red (Walt Disney)
All Quiet on the Western Front
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Elvis
Empire of Light
Tár
Babylon
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin (Searchlight Pictures)
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
Todd Field, Tár (Focus Features)
Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness (NEON)
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
A House Made of Splinters
Navalny
The Elephant Whisperers
Haulout
How Do You Measure a Year?
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Stranger at the Gate
The Banshees of Inisherin
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick
All Quiet on the Western Front
Germany
Argentina, 1985
Argentina
Close
Belgium
EO
Poland
The Quiet Girl
Ireland
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Elvis
The Whale
All Quiet on the Western Front
Babylon
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
“Applause” from Tell It like a Woman
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR
“This Is A Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
Babylon
Elvis
The Fabelmans
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Flying Sailor
Ice Merchants
My Year of Dicks
An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It
An Irish Goodbye
Ivalu
Le Pupille
Night Ride
The Red Suitcase
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Elvis
Top Gun: Maverick
All Quiet on the Western Front
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Top Gun: Maverick
All Quiet on the Western Front
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Living
Top Gun: Maverick
Women Talking
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Tár
Triangle of Sadness
(Photo credit: Elevation Pictures/A24)
As TIFF ’22 begins to wind-down, things are coming at a bit more manageable pace. But that doesn’t mean the talent and caliber of Films are any less as there’s still plenty to be excited about. So happy to have gotten a little bit more sleep today and look forward to actually seeing some movies back-to-back the next few days!
We spotted some pretty major talent today, including an icon!
MOVING ON
WOMEN TALKING (written/directed by our Sarah Polley)
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Our Reviews are coming begin to pile-in. Click here for more including our thoughts on TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, WOMEN TALKING and more.
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)
By Nicholas Porteous
A group of vapid rich people and Social Media influencers go on an ill-fated cruise. This is Ruben Östlund‘s second Palme d’Or winner in a row, and all the things that make his work captivating are on full display: dynamic and inventive blocking, an absolutely lavish production, laugh-out-loud moments of excess, and an ensemble of grounded yet deliciously absurd performances across the board.
Unfortunately, his limitations as a Writer are also particularly sharp here. The dominant themes of rich and poor, skilled and inept, culture assigning value to those least deserving, and absolute power corrupting you know what… they’re all rather tired, which would be easier to swallow if the Movie wasn’t an hour longer than it should be.
Structurally, there are a number of odd choices–our presumably lead characters are introduced and fleshed out for the First Act, then basically forgotten for the pivotal middle section. Arguably, the most interesting character of the Film is kept out of the narrative until near the end, and while I understand Östlund might be making a statement by hiding them, it comes at the expense of what could have been a far richer story of personal transformation. He has a habit of leaving the most potentially interesting moments of character development off-camera.
While there is a lot to be enjoyed here–and I would still consider Triangle worthy of your attention–be aware that this lengthy journey out to sea is a shallow one.
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS screens as follows at TIFF ’22:
Tues, Sep 13 IN-PERSON Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre 9:30pm
Wed, Sep 14 IN-PERSON Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre 5:30pm
For advertising opportunites please contact mrwill@mrwillwong.com