The 2023 Oscars are here, and all eyes are on “Everything Everywhere All at Once.” The A24 indie has swept all the major guild awards, the first time that grand slam had happened in a decade and only the fifth time in history.
But it’d be a mistake to think that the 95th Academy Awards won’t be a nail-biter in many ways. Three of the four acting races, for example, are up in the air, with the fate of Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Austin Butler, Jamie Lee Curtis, Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Michelle Yeoh and others still hanging in the balance.
And more than that, “Everything Everywhere” has the potential to be one of the weirdest Best Picture winners ever, a frenzied trip through the multiverse that looks and feels nothing at all like the kind of movie that usually wins the top Oscar. It could be the fourth Best Picture winner in a row that doesn’t really seem like a Best Picture winner, after “CODA,” “Nomadland” and “Parasite.” And that would reinforce just how dramatically the Academy has changed over the past seven years.
Check out our picks for who will win at the 2023 Oscars below and for my full analysis on each category, read the complete rundown here.
Best Picture
Nominees:
“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”
Predicted Winner: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Director
Nominees:
Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”
Todd Field, “Tár”
Ruben Östlund, “Triangle of Sadness”
Predicted Winner: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Actor
Nominees:
Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”
Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”
Bill Nighy, “Living”
Predicted Winner: Austin Butler, “Elvis”
Best Actress
Nominees:
Cate Blanchett, “Tár”
Ana de Armas, “Blonde”
Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”
Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Predicted Winner: Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Supporting Actor
Nominees:
Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”
Judd Hirsch, “The Fabelmans”
Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Predicted Winner: Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Supporting Actress
Nominees:
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”
Predicted Winner: Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nominees:
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Living”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
“Women Talking”
Predicted Winner: “Women Talking”
Best Original Screenplay
Nominees:
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“Tár”
“Triangle of Sadness”
Predicted Winner: “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Animated Feature Film
Nominees:
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
“The Sea Beast”
“Turning Red”
Predicted Winner: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
Best International Feature Film
Nominees:
“All Quiet on the Western Front” – Germany
“Argentina, 1985” – Argentina
“Close” – Belgium
“EO” – Poland
“The Quiet Girl” – Ireland
Predicted Winner: “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Best Cinematography
Nominees:
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
“Elvis”
“Empire of Light”
“Tár”
Predicted Winner: James Friend, “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Best Film Editing
Nominees:
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Tár”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
Predicted Winner: “Top Gun: Maverick”
Best Costume Design
Nominees:
“Babylon”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
Predicted Winner: “Elvis”
Best Production Design
Nominees:
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Babylon”
“Elvis”
“The Fabelmans”
Predicted Winner: “Elvis”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Nominees:
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“The Batman”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“The Whale”
Predicted Winner: “Elvis”
Best Original Score
Nominees:
“All Quiet on the Western Front,” Volker Bertelmann
“Babylon,” Justin Hurwitz
“The Banshees of Inisherin,” Carter Burwell
“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” Son Lux
“The Fabelmans,” John Williams
Predicted Winner: “All Quiet on the Western Front”
Best Original Song
Nominees:
“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”
Predicted Winner: “Naatu Naatu” from “RRR”
Best Sound
Nominees:
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Batman”
“Elvis”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
Predicted Winner: “Top Gun: Maverick”
Best Visual Effects
Nominees:
“All Quiet on the Western Front”
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Batman”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Top Gun: Maverick”
Predicted Winner: “Avatar: The Way of Water”
Best Documentary Feature
Nominees:
“All That Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Fire of Love”
“A House Made of Splinters”
“Navalny”
Predicted Winner: “Navalny”
Best Documentary Short Subject
Nominees:
“The Elephant Whisperers”
“Haulout”
“How Do You Measure a Year?”
“The Martha Mitchell Effect”
“Stranger at the Gate”
Predicted Winner: “Haulout”
Best Animated Short Film
Nominees:
“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”
Predicted Winner: “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
Best Live-Action Short Film
Nominees:
“An Irish Goodbye”
“Ivalu”
“Le Pupille”
“Night Ride”
“The Red Suitcase”
Predicted Winner: “An Irish Goodbye”
