The time has come for the biggest announcements in cinema for the previous years releases as The Oscar nominations for 2023 have been announced. Though we didn’t watch the ceremony, it was delivered by Academy Award-winner Riz Ahmed (Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Allison Williams who stars in the new creepy film “M3gan”. The lengthy rundown is presented for your entertainment.

Best Picture
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Malte Grunert, Producer
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
ELVIS – Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
THE FABELMANS – Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
TÁR – Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS – Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
WOMEN TALKING – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role
Austin Butler in ELVIS
Colin Farrell in THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
Brendan Fraser in THE WHALE
Paul Mescal in AFTERSUN
Bill Nighy in LIVING

Actor in a Supporting Role
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

Actress in a Leading Role
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

Actress in a Supporting Role
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

Animated Feature Film
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON – Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH – Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
THE SEA BEAST – Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
TURNING RED – Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

Cinematography
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – James Friend
BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS – Darius Khondji
ELVIS – Mandy Walker
EMPIRE OF LIGHT – Roger Deakins
TÁR – Florian Hoffmeister

Costume Design
BABYLON – Mary Zophres
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Ruth Carter
ELVIS – Catherine Martin
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Shirley Kurata
MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS – Jenny Beavan

Directing
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Martin McDonagh
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
THE FABELMANS – Steven Spielberg
TÁR – Todd Field
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS – Ruben Östlund

Documentary Feature Film
ALL THAT BREATHES – Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED – Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
FIRE OF LOVE – Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS – Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
NAVALNY – Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris

Documentary Short Film
THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS – Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
HAULOUT – Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR? – Jay Rosenblatt
THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT – Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
STRANGER AT THE GATE – Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

Film Editing
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
ELVIS – Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Paul Rogers
TÁR – Monika Willi
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Eddie Hamilton

International Feature Film
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Germany
ARGENTINA, 1985 – Argentina
CLOSE – Belgium
EO – Poland
THE QUIET GIRL – Ireland

Makeup and Hairstyling
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
THE BATMAN – Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
ELVIS – Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
THE WHALE – Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley

Music (Original Score)
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

Music (Original Song)
“Applause” from TELL IT LIKE A WOMAN – Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
“Hold My Hand” from TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
“Naatu Naatu” from RRR – Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
“This Is A Life” from EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

Production Design
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
BABYLON – Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
ELVIS – Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
THE FABELMANS – Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara

Short Film (Animated)
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE – Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
THE FLYING SAILOR – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
ICE MERCHANTS – João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
MY YEAR OF DICKS – Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT – Lachlan Pendragon

Short Film (Live Action)
AN IRISH GOODBYE – Tom Berkeley and Ross White
IVALU – Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
LE PUPILLE – Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
NIGHT RIDE – Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
THE RED SUITCASE – Cyrus Neshvad

Sound
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
THE BATMAN – Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson
ELVIS – David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor

Visual Effects
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
THE BATMAN – Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Screenplay – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson & Ian Stokell
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY – Written by Rian Johnson
LIVING – Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
WOMEN TALKING – Screenplay by Sarah Polley

Writing (Original Screenplay)
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Written by Martin McDonagh
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
THE FABELMANS – Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner
TÁR – Written by Todd Field
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS – Written by Ruben Östlund

The 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 200 territories worldwide.

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Piercing Ken Thoughts: Since this is such a lengthy rundown I am going to keep my editorial mumblings short and to the point. Last year I didn’t see a whole lot of movies that I wanted to. I never got around to seeing “Top Gun: Maverick” or “Everything, Everywhere All At Once” or even “Avatar: The Way Of Water” but was behind all of the Marvel Studios and Sony superhero stuff along with the Warner Brothers releases of the same kind. There are a number of films that I still wish to see and one of the things I like about their nominations is that it pushes me in the direction of checking stuff out. So as I wrap this up nice and early in the morning, I wonder what you out there in the readership think about it all. Are you pleased with the nominations for what The Academy has determined to be in the running for the best out of the batch? Please chime in down below in the comments section to let me know if you think some other films should have been nominated as well and place them in there for observation. Of course if you are curious what the Worst in cinema is for the past year, I recently posted the nominations for the Golden Raspberry Awards which you can find easily by clicking HERE. That’s it for now, see you next time. Please keep safe out there.

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