Everything Everywhere in January
- Natalia Prokop
- Feb 27, 2023
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 1, 2023
Although January was not very rich premiere-wise, it surely was an exciting month in terms of movies that came out over the course of 2022. The award season has officially started, with the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards kicking it off. The first winners of the season are here...
Starting with the Best Picture awards, Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans received the kudos in the Drama category. The film also gained Spielberg himself another statue for Best Director of a Motion Picture. Moreover, The Fabelmans was nominated for Best Score and Best Screenplay in a Motion Picture. Michelle Williams was recognized as one of the Best Actresses in Drama, but she did not win this year. The project did, however bring Gabriel LaBelle a win in the Best Young Actor category at CCA.
As for Musicals and Comedies, The Banshees of Inisherin, directed by Martin McDonagh, was nominated in a number of categories. It won Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Farrell), Best Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Director, twice for Best Supporting Actor, distinguishing Brendan Gleeson and Barry Keoghan, as well as Kerry Condon for Best Supporting Actress, and for Best Score. It tells the tale of friendship between two lifelong friends, who find themselves in a crisis after one of them decides to end the relationship, but the other refuses to let him do it.
Best Actor in Drama was awarded to Austin Butler for his role of iconic singer Elvis Presley in Elvis, released back in May of 2022 at Cannes Film Festival. The crew was also appreciated in terms of Best Hair and Makeup at Critics Choice Awards. Cate Blanchett took the prize for Best Actress in Drama for Tár, in which she played the titular composer-conductor and director of orchestra Lydia Tár, as well as another two statues at CCA. Finally, Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy was given to Michelle Yeoh for Everything Everywhere All at Once - a title that was also popular among the categories, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for Ke Huy Quan (won), Best Supporting Actress for Jamie Lee Curtis and Best Screenplay. It was also awarded in five categories at CCAs. The movie resolves around the adventure of a Chinese immigrant who explores different versions of her life by travelling across universes.
Directed by Damien Chazelle, Babylon, which premiered last month in Canada and the USA, but has only now been released in Europe, received five Golden Globe nods and was awarded one of them for Best Score and won one statue at CCA for Best Production Design. The star-studded cast portrays the story of fame, excess and ambition in 1920s Hollywood.
Brendan Fraser's name is a popular one this year after his comeback to roles in major films in The Whale (Darren Aronofsky). He was nominated for a Golden Globe in Best Actor, as awarded in the same category at CCA. The actor and his colleague, Hong Chau, were nominated for SAG Awards (Screen Actors Guild) in Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. The Whale is about an attempt to reconnect with a teenage daughter of an obese English teacher.
Some of the other winning productions are The White Lotus, The Bear, Black Bird, The Dropout, Abbot Elementary and many more.
Mentioning all of the nominees and winners of the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, SAG Awards, BAFTAs and Oscars across each category would take an hour to read, and even longer to analyze, but hopefully, you will find something appreciated by the academies to watch this month.
(The Oscar nominations have not yet been announced as of writing this article. They are to be announced January 24th.)
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