2023 Oscar nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ dominates

• “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• “The Fabelmans”
• “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• “Top Gun: Maverick”
• “Tár”
• “Elvis”
• “Avatar: The Way of Water”
• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Women Talking”
• “Triangle of Sadness”

Analysis: This year’s best picture nominees are well represented in other categories as well — particularly “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “All Quiet on the Western Front,” which were nominated across directing, acting and technical categories. Box office behemoths “Avatar: The Way of Water” and “Top Gun: Maverick” refute the age-old argument that nobody has seen the nominated films, though the list still acknowledges smaller, critically acclaimed titles such as “Women Talking” and “Tár.”

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• Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
• Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Todd Field, “Tár”
• Ruben Östlund, “Triangle of Sadness”

Analysis: The Daniels, a creative duo nominated for their second feature together, recently won the Critics Choice award for best director. Could they once again best heavyweights McDonagh and Spielberg, the latter of whom won the Golden Globe?

This is also the first time either Field or Östlund have received a best director nomination (though Field has previously been nominated for best picture and best adapted screenplay).

It’s all quite exciting. And yet … for a dollar, name a woman! The Oscars once again omitted female directors from the category, overlooking filmmakers such as Sarah Polley, whose “Women Talking” earned a best picture nod, and Gina Prince-Bythewood, whose film “The Woman King” was snubbed across the board.

• Cate Blanchett, “Tár”
• Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”
• Ana de Armas, “Blonde”
• Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”

Analysis: This is really a race between Blanchett and Yeoh, who are neck and neck for best actress. Blanchett won the Critics Choice Award, while Yeoh took home the Golden Globe, and both are nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award, a solid predictor for the Oscars.

The wildest nomination here is Riseborough, whose critically acclaimed film earned less than $30,000 at the box office. But “To Leslie” did earn heaps of public praise from A-listers such as Edward Norton, Jane Fonda and even Blanchett herself, whose words spread through the industry and seemingly served as an effective Oscars campaign.

• Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
• Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Austin Butler, “Elvis”
• Bill Nighy, “Living”
• Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

Analysis: Our condolences to Tom Cruise fans. Indie darling Mescal beat him out for the fifth best actor slot — making for a fascinating race between five first-time Oscar nominees.

Fraser has the comeback narrative going for him, but Butler’s performance was no less acclaimed (and that accent showed off his intense commitment to his craft.) Butler and Farrell each won a Golden Globes, which are awarded separately to dramas and comedies, while Fraser took home best actor at the Critics Choice Awards. It’s a category to watch.

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• Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• Hong Chau, “The Whale”
• Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Analysis: Bassett, who has already won multiple awards this awards season, is the first actor ever recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a Marvel project. She seems likely to continue her streak by winning the category, unless fan-favorite Hsu pulls off an upset. The actress’ performance in “Everything Everywhere” as the emotionally turbulent daughter of an immigrant family has earned her a reputation as this season’s “dark horse.”

• Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”
• Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”

Analysis: Speaking of comebacks — what a few months it has been for Quan, who appeared in “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies” but stopped acting for a long spell due to a lack of opportunities. He has been recognized by numerous critics associations and won both the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award for playing Yeoh’s timid but loving husband in “Everything Everywhere.”

In something of a sweep, the “Banshees” campaign earned acting nominations for each member of its main cast. Only one of the two favorites from “The Fabelmans” landed in the running for best supporting actor, with the Academy choosing Hirsch over Paul Dano. Henry, a first-time nominee, secured the coveted fifth slot with his acclaimed performance in “Causeway,” which was otherwise overlooked.

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• “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• “The Fabelmans”
• “Tár”
• “Triangle of Sadness”

• “Women Talking”
• “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
• “Living”
• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Top Gun: Maverick”

• “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
• “Turning Red”
• “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
• “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
• “The Sea Beast”

• “Argentina, 1985,” Argentina
• “Close,” Belgium
• “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Germany
• “The Quiet Girl,” Ireland
• “EO,” Poland

• “All That Breathes”
• “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
• “Fire of Love”
• “A House Made of Splinters”
• “Navalny”

• “Lift Me Up” from “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• “This Is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”
• “Applause” from “Tell It like a Woman”
• “Hold My Hand” from “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”
• “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
• “Empire of Light”
• “Elvis”
• “Tár”

• “Elvis”
• “Avatar: The Way of Water”
• “Babylon”
• “The Fabelmans”
• “All Quiet on the Western Front”

• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “The Batman”
• “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• “Elvis”
• “The Whale”

• “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
• “Elvis”
• “Babylon”
• “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Babylon”
• “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• “The Fabelmans”

• “All Quiet on the Western Front”
• “Avatar: The Way of Water”
• “The Batman”
• “Elvis”
• “Top Gun: Maverick”

• “Top Gun: Maverick”
• “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
• “Elvis”
• “The Banshees of Inisherin”
• “Tár”

• “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”

• “The Elephant Whisperers”
• “Haulout”
• “How Do You Measure a Year?”
• “The Martha Mitchell Effect”
• “Stranger at the Gate”