2023 Oscars Recap: ‘Everything Everywhere’ Sweep!
The annual Academy Awards were held this past Sunday on March 12, and as usual, the lineup of films—and the cast and crew behind them—was amazing.
This year, A24 film Everything Everywhere All at Once was awarded the most, winning seven out of its eleven nominations. Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front followed close behind, with four wins out of its nine nominations.
Recap: Winners & Nominees
Best Picture
Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Other nominees: The Banshees of Inisherin; The Fabelmans; Avatar: The Way of Water; Tár; Top Gun: Maverick; Women Talking; Triangle of Sadness; All Quiet on the Western Front; Elvis.
On a personal note, I highly recommend Everything Everywhere All at Once if you haven’t yet watched it. It’s a little slow to start, and it gets… quite weird—but the emotional payoff at the end is, in my opinion, more than worth the wait.
Best Actor
Winner: Brendan Fraser (The Whale).
Other nominees: Bill Nighy (Living); Austin Butler (Elvis); Colin Farell (The Banshees of Inisherin); Paul Mescal (Aftersun).
Best Actress
Winner: Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
Other nominees: Cate Blanchett (Tár); Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie); Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans); Ana de Armas (Blonde).
I loved Yeoh’s acceptance speech for this award, particularly when she said, “For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight … this is proof that dreams … do come true.” Yeoh is the first Asian woman to take home an award for Best Actress, making this win that much more exciting and, as she put it, “a beacon of hope.”
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
Other nominees: Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans); Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin); Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway); Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin).
Everything Everywhere All at Once has been seen as Ke Huy Quan’s comeback role, as his acting career met roadblocks after huge successes The Goonies and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I found it very sweet that the first person he mentioned in his tearful acceptance speech was his mother: “My mom is 84 years old. And she’s at home watching. Mom… I just won an Oscar!”
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
Other nominees: Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once); Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever); Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin); Hong Chau (The Whale).
Best Director
Winner: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert—or, as they call themselves, ‘Daniels’ (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
Other nominees: Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin); Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness); Todd Field (Tár); Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans).
Best International Feature Film
Winner: Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front).
Other nominees: Lukas Dhont (Close); Santiago Mitre (Argentina, 1985); Colm Bairéad (The Quiet Girl); Jerzy Skolimowski (EO).
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Daniels (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
Other nominees: Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner (The Fabelmans); Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin); Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness); Todd Field (Tár).
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Sarah Polley (Women Talking).
Other nominees: Rian Johnson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery); Kazuo Ishiguro (Living); Peter Craig, Christopher McQuarrie, Ehren Kruger, and Eric Warren Singer (Top Gun: Maverick); Edward Berger, L. Paterson, and Ian Stokell (All Quiet on the Western Front).
Best Cinematography
Winner: James Friend (All Quiet on the Western Front).
Other nominees: Mandy Walker (Elvis); Roger Deakins (Empire of Light); Darius Khondji (Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths); Florian Hoffmeister (Tár).
Best Visual Effects
Winner: Avatar: The Way of Water.
Other nominees: All Quiet on the Western Front; Top Gun: Maverick; Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; The Batman.
Best Original Song
Winner: M. M. Keeravani and Chandrabose (“Naatu Naatu” for RRR).
Other nominees: Lady Gaga and BloodPop (“Hold My Hand” for Top Gun: Maverick); Mitski, David Byrne, and Ryan Lott (“This Is a Life” for Everything Everywhere All at Once); Rihanna, Tems, Ryan Coogler, Robyn Fenty, and Ludwig Gorannson (“Lift Me Up” for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever); Diane Warren (“Applause” for Tell It Like a Woman).
This award marks India’s first Academy win!
Best Original Score
Winner: Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front).
Other nominees: Carter Burwell (The Banshees of Inisherin); Justin Hurwitz (Babylon); Son Lux (Everything Everywhere All at Once); John Williams (The Fabelmans).
Best Costume Design
Winner: Ruth Carter (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever).
Other nominees: Shirley Kurata (Everything Everywhere All at Once); Mary Zophres (Babylon); Jenny Beavan (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris); Catherine Martin (Elvis).
Ruth Carter previously took home the Oscar for Best Costume Design in 2019, as well, for her work in the first installment of Black Panther.
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Winner: The Whale.
Other nominees: Elvis; Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; All Quiet on the Western Front; The Batman.
Best Film Editing
Winner: Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once).
Other nominees: Jonathan Redmond and Matt Villa (Elvis); Eddie Hamilton (Top Gun: Maverick); Mikkel E. G. Nielsen (The Banshees of Inisherin); Monika Willi (Tár).
Best Animated Feature
Winner: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio.
Other nominees: The Sea Beast; Turning Red; Marcel the Shell with Shoes On; Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.
Best Animated Short Film
Winner: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
Other nominees: An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It; My Year of Dicks; Ice Merchants; The Flying Sailor.
Best Live Action Short Film
Winner: An Irish Goodbye.
Other nominees: Ivalu; The Red Suitcase; The Pupils; Night Ride.
Best Documentary Feature
Winner: Navalny.
Other nominees: All The Beauty And The Bloodshed; All That Breathes; Fire of Love; A House Made of Splinters.
Best Documentary (Short Subject)
Winner: The Elephant Whisperers.
Other nominees: Stranger at the Gate; Haulout; The Martha Mitchell Effect; How Do You Measure a Year?
Best Sound
Winner: Top Gun: Maverick.
Other nominees: Elvis; All Quiet on the Western Front; Avatar: The Way of Water; The Batman.
Best Production Design
Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front.
Other nominees: Avatar: The Way of Water; Babylon; The Fabelmans; Elvis.
