Oscar nominations 2023

Nominees for the 95th Academy Awards will be revealed on Tuesday. Allison Williams, who most recently starred in the horror hit “M3GAN,” and Riz Ahmed, ...

Blockbusters “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” each landed nominations for best film, and there is plenty of star power among the nominees. “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “The Banshees of Inisherin” followed with nine nominations each. “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”

Allison Williams and Riz Ahmed will announce the nominees live from the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

[won the audience award](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/the-fabelmans-wins-peoples-choice-award-at-tiff) at the Toronto International Film Festival, a historically strong predictor of Oscar glory. Many of these titles and names are front-runners we’ve been talking about since the season kicked off with the Venice and Telluride film festivals back in August and September. As widely expected, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, and the German war drama All Quiet on the Western Front led the morning, with nominations in best picture and a slew of below-the-line categories. “We aren’t fired yet,” joked Williams during the break between the first and second sets of nominations. Everything Everywhere All at Once led in total nominations, earning 11, followed by Banshees and All Quiet with nine each. They were also, for the awards obsessives who look forward to nominations like they do Christmas morning, a whole lot of fun.

But that's the exception, not the rule. Meanwhile here are the “snubs” and surprises for the 95th Academy Awards, which will be handed out on March 12, a date ...

Iñárritu recut “Bardo,”](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-11-23/bardo-review-alejandro-g-inarritu-netflix) removing around 20 minutes from the original 184-minute movie. And then [“Women Talking” becomes a movie](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-01-03/claire-foy-jessie-buckley-women-talking) you want everyone you know to see. [Lauded out of Telluride](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-09-09/women-talking-telluride-interview-mcdormand-polley) and feted subsequently at the Toronto and New York film festivals, [Sarah Polley’s breathtaking drama](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-12-22/sarah-polley-women-talking) seemed to lose steam once the fall fests ended. [Babylon](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-12-27/babylon-damien-chazelle-margot-robbie-brad-pitt-hollywood-history) Hive is very much a thing on social media, and I do not begrudge these enthusiasts their love for Damien Chazelle’s big swing (and a miss) movie and their belief that its estimation will grow in time. [De Armas seamlessly portrayed the screen legend](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-09-01/ana-de-armas-blonde-marilyn-monroe-netflix-fall-arts-preview) with such command and empathy that you could almost forgive the misguided approach. [Riseborough’s team enlisted the help of dozens of A-list actors](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-01-24/oscars-nominations-2023-andrea-riseborough-surprise-nomination-best-actress) to stump for her searing turn as an addict in “To Leslie,” a movie that premiered in March at South by Southwest and grossed $27,000 in its brief theatrical run. And together, they pushed through the historical action epic “The Woman King.” [“The Woman King” was most definitely seen by audiences](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-12-28/viola-davis-julius-tennon-woman-king), grossing nearly $100 million in U.S. Did [Chinonye Chukwu’s drama about Emmett Till](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-11-01/emmett-till-movie-women-of-the-movement-hollywood-history), the 14-year-old whose 1955 Mississippi murder helped spur the civil rights movement, get lost as the weeks went by? [Deadwyler’s understated portrait of a grieving mother](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-10-14/danielle-deadwyler-mamie-till-mobley-emmett-whoopi-goldberg-chinonye-chukwu) resolving to honor her son. Amy Adams moderated a virtual screening not long after a [similar event moderated by Kate Winslet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRi8MdTuFK8), who gushed: “You should be up for everything. Meanwhile here are the “snubs” and surprises for the 95th Academy Awards, which will be handed out on March 12, a date so far away that it feels like a surprise and a snub in and of itself.

Another movie snuck into the Oscars conversation at the last minute: “All Quiet on the Western Front,” the harrowing World War I film told from a German ...

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This race is on for this year's Oscars, honouring the film industry's finest from the past 12 months. Here is the full list of the nominees of the 95th ...

There were several first-time acting nominees, including Austin Butler, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh. Nominees. Best Picture: ...

At the recent Golden Globes, The Banshees of Inisherin [won](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/12/12/2023-golden-globes-abbott-elementary-and-the-banshees-of-inisherin-lead-nominations/?sh=221479994912) three awards, more than any other film, followed by The Fabelmans and Everything Everywhere All At Once. [most-nominated](https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisadellatto/2022/02/08/oscars-nominations-live-the-power-of-the-dog-lead-with-12/?sh=158cd870dcf0) film of 2022, CODA took home Best Picture at last year’s ceremony, and was the most-awarded film of the night. Original Score: All Quiet on the Western Front, Babylon, The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans Sound: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick, The Batman Best Picture: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking Production Design: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way Of Water, Babylon, Elvis, The Fabelmans

From unexpected nominations for Paul Mescal and Andrea Riseborough to snubs for Danielle Deadwyler and 'The Woman King'

[$27 thousand](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt8129806/credits/?ref_=bo_tt_tab) at the box office. [Not a single](https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/status/1617882252335255553?s=20&t=x3O_8rCWoX1mn14ihMWL1g) woman was nominated in the best director category. One in Aftersun, a movie where he plays the troubled father to a young girl, and God’s Creatures, a film about a man accused of sexual assault; both movies first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. She squanders the $190,000 she wins in the lottery on liquor, and loses her housing in the process. This year, they scored another nomination with Brian Tyree Henry getting a Best Supporting Actor nod for his role in the Causeway, where he stars opposite Jennifer Lawrence. The movie, which received praise from audiences and critics alike, particularly for Peele’s directing, Keke Palmer, and Daniel Kaluuya’s outstanding performances, along with the original story, was expected to walk away with at least a few nominations but received none, getting shut out of the 2023 Oscars conversation altogether. Hsu’s nod accounts for one of the 11 nominations that the Daniels’ film was nominated for at this year’s Oscars. Left out of the conversation were Sarah Polley for Women Talking (which got a best picture nod), Charlotte Wells for Aftersun (which scored a best actor nomination for Paul Mescal), Gina Prince-Bythewood for The Woman King (which was notably absent from the nominations), and Maria Schrader for She Said (which also received no noms). Last year, New Zealand filmmaker Jane Campion won the Academy Award for best director for her work on The Power of the Dog. Overall, however, the box office sagged for many of the nominated films—with the surprise exception of Everything Everywhere All at Once and the less surprising Top Gun: Maverick, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Avatar: The Way of Water. The Banshees of Inisherin and All Quiet on the Western Front followed closely behind with nine nominations each. But the A24 fan favorite was buoyed by remarkable editing, sheer heart, and beloved performers: Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Stephanie Hsu—all of whom received nominations.

It's a record-setting year for performers of Asian descent. In the actress race, there's room for Andrea Riseborough but not Viola Davis or Danielle ...

[Michelle Williams](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/movies/michelle-williams-fabelmans.html) play Steven Spielberg’s mom in “The Fabelmans,” they were convinced she was our new supporting-actress front-runner. Then, just a few weeks later, [word broke](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/movies/michelle-williams-fabelmans.html) that instead of gunning for that easy win, Williams would be campaigned as the film’s leading actress. Tuesday added two more to the mix, as “Top Gun: Maverick” earned a solid six nominations (including an adapted screenplay nod that produced an audible reaction in the room where the nominations were read) and James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” took four. But [“Blonde” star Ana de Armas](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/movies/blonde-review-marilyn-monroe.html) did make it into the best actress lineup, and another Netflix movie surged into the best-picture race at just the right time … (The 1930 adaptation of Remarque’s novel won best picture at the third Academy Awards, don’t forget.) The German-language adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s classic World War I novel was a favorite of many Oscar voters I spoke to, and could even be a formidable threat to nomination leader “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” since it offers a more traditional awards pick than that multiverse-jumping mind-bender. Meanwhile, “The Fabelmans” auteur Steven Spielberg earned his ninth best-director nomination, tying Martin Scorsese for the second most nominations in that category, behind William Wyler’s 13. Deadwyler’s deeply felt performance as the mother of Emmett Till had suffered a few notable snubs this season from the Independent Spirit Awards and Golden Globes, but Davis had cruised through the season so far, earning nominations from the Globes, Screen Actors Guild, Critics Choice Awards and BAFTA. That strategy earned the 41-year-old British actress her first nomination, and proved that when it comes to Oscar season, it ain’t over till it’s over. Though the best actress race often favors ingénues, male up-and-comers aren’t always regarded so warmly: The best actor category is typically stacked with veterans over 40, and the same famous names are nominated an awful lot. Though two of the last three best-picture winners were directed by Asian filmmakers, the academy has fallen short when it comes to nominating performers of Asian descent: Films like “Parasite” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” failed to earn even a single nomination for their acclaimed actors. A single awards campaign can involve a monthslong gantlet of interviews, red carpets, screening Q&As and voter handshakes, and not every contender can charge all those appearances to a corporate credit card.

The Oscar nominations 2023 are in as Riz Ahmed and Allison Williams announced the nominations for the 95th Academy Awards this morning.

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [The Oscars 2023](https://abc.com/shows/oscars) will air [LIVE SUNDAY MARCH 12 on ABC](https://abc.com/shows/oscars/news/oscar-news/when-are-the-oscars-2023-air-date-announcement-95th-oscars-live-on-abc) and will be televised live in more than 200 territories worldwide. If you'd like to watch the full announcement, from earlier this morning, you can watch the full

Actress Michelle Yeoh stands between Stephanie Hsu and Ke Huy Quan as they hold her back. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” received eleven Oscar nominations, ...

(I’m unfortunately sure that “ [Don’t Worry Darling](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/dont-worry-darling-is-so-much-more-than-hollywood-gossip-fodder),” one of the year’s best star-centric Hollywood films, will be rejected by the Academy, as it was by critics.) [Women Talking](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/women-talking-reviewed-a-sublime-script-a-merely-very-good-movie)” received a pair of nominations, for Best Picture and for its screenplay, and that the daring and subtle “ [Marcel the Shell with Shoes On](https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/movies/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on),” a remarkable blend of stop-motion and live action, turns up as a nominee in the Animated Feature category. The overlap points to the very meaning of directing: the comprehensive influence on the work of everyone making a major contribution to the film at hand, from casting and the style of acting to the tone of lighting and the costumes and décor—and, of course, the script, whether or not the director is credited. Charlie Chaplin famously said that comedy is life in long shot and tragedy is life in closeup, and I’ve long thought that directors’ sense of distance is as important as that of timing. (The nostalgia that its success represents, above all, is for the Coen brothers’ early films—it catches something of their tone without their style, wit, or cinematic self-awareness.) The other international film to get a Best Picture nomination, “ [Triangle of Sadness](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/triangle-of-sadness-reviewed-were-on-a-yacht-and-were-puking),” is mainly in English, and its emotional world is painfully simplistic. Inasmuch as the Oscars are, eminently, aspirational—an image of what the industry prizes about itself and where it wants to be heading over all—what the list of nominees promises for slates of production in years ahead is fearsome. I’m keeping my list in this fantasyland in order to highlight the gap between what’s usually on the Academy’s radar and what’s going on in the world of movies at large. I’m against the individual branches making nominations in their categories; cinematographers, editors, actors have the knowledge and the understanding of their fields, but this practice results in a sort of guild protectionism that perpetuates norms instead of rewarding experiences. Jordan Peele is the Rodney Dangerfield of Hollywood—he gets no respect at all, at least, none since he won Best Original Screenplay for “ [Get Out](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/get-out-jordan-peeles-radical-cinematic-vision-of-the-world-through-black-eyes).” His, and his movies’, neglect is appalling and disturbing. [Nope](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/nope-is-one-of-the-great-movies-about-moviemaking)”—and it did not get nominated for anything. Bringing together Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, great actors whose talents have been underutilized because of the dearth of substantial roles for Asian performers, along with [Jamie Lee Curtis](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/jamie-lee-curtis-has-never-worked-hard-a-day-in-her-life) (who has endured the ageism that most actresses confront) and the near-newcomer (to movies) Stephanie Hsu, deserves an Oscar in itself. So does the bushel of nominations for “

ANDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: Hey, Leila. FADEL: OK, so tell us about "Everything Everywhere All At Once," which seems to have dominated the Oscars this year. LIMBONG ...

The guys up for best director are Martin McDonagh for "Banshees Of Inisherin," Steven Spielberg for "The Fabelmans," Todd Field for "Tar," Ruben Ostlund for "Triangle Of Sadness." Some of the other movies in the best picture running include big blockbusters like "Avatar: The Way Of Water" and "Top Gun: Maverick." And then, there's the Daniels, Kwan and Scheinert, for "Everything Everywhere." LIMBONG: On the male actors' side, Brendan Fraser was nominated for his role in "The Whale." And then, we've got "Tar," "Triangle Of Sadness," "The Banshees Of Inisherin," "Elvis" and "Women Talking," which is about a group of Mennonite women trying to decide what to do after they discover they'd been drugged and attacked by men in the community. The Oscar nominations are out, and the big movie of the morning is the weird and quirky "Everything Everywhere All At Once," which received 11 nominations. LIMBONG: The other big movie is the new adaptation of "All Quiet On The Western Front," directed by Edward Berger. I mean, it happened at the Golden Globes earlier, and it looks like it's happened again at the Oscars. And the way you two are dressed, I'm sure I'm not the only one calling him he - I mean, her him. And it's even got two nominees in the best supporting actress category for Stephanie Hsu, who, like I said, plays the daughter, and Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays an IRS auditor. But it's also a sci-fi, martial arts movie that involves, like, multiple dimensions, a number of alternate realities, and a decent number of butt jokes. YEOH: (As Evelyn Wang) You know me.