The Utah Film Critics Association voted to award Everything Everywhere All At Once the top honor of Best Picture of 2022, along with Best Achievement in Directing and Original Screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Dan Scheinert, Best Lead Female Performance for Michelle Yeoh, Best Supporting Female Performance for Stephanie Hsu, Best Supporting Male Performance for Ke Huy Quan, Ensemble Cast, Film Editing and Visual Effects.
Filmed in evocative black and white, A Perfect Day for Caribou, starring Charlie Plummer (Lean on Pete; Looking for Alaska) and Jeb Berrier (First Cow; Shrill) will make its US premiere at Slamdance Film Festival. Also starring in the film are Rachael Perrell Fosket, Dana Millican, and Oellis Levine.
Ava DuVernay’a Array Releasing revealed the official trailer for Mars One (Marte Um), the family drama selected as Brazil’s official section for International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards. In the film starring Rejane Faria, Carlos Francisco, Camilla Damião and Cícero Lucas, a middle-class Black family in Brazil feels the strain of their new reality after a far-right politician takes power in Brazil.
Brainstorm Media debuted the official trailer for She Is Love, the intense and involving romantic drama starring Haley Bennett (Cyrano, The Girl on the Train & The Magnificent Seven) and Sam Riley (Control, Free Fire & On the Road) as a divorced couple who meet a decade after their split.
Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino will receive the International Icon Award at Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance on January 19 in Park City. Guadagnino will join previously announced honorees of the evening, Ryan Coogler, W. Kamau Bell, and Nikyatu Jusu. Opening Night: A Taste of Sundance will kick off the 2023 Sundance Film Festival by honoring inspiring and breakout storytellers whose journeys have been connected to Sundance throughout the years while raising funds and awareness for the Institute.
David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future, Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, and Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun took the top spots among films released in 2022 on Film Comment’s annual end-of-year survey. Of the films that screened at festivals worldwide but have not announced stateside distribution, David Easteal’s The Plains, Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, and Laura Citarella’s Trenque Lauquen received the top rankings.
Sometimes we find hope where we least expect it.
AARP The Magazine announced the nominees for the Movies for Grownups (MFG) Awards, with Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, Tár, Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman King and Women Talking contending for Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category.
The Chicago Film Critics Association announced the 2022 award winners and awarded the top honor of Best Picture of the year to The Banshees of Inisherin, directed by Martin McDonagh. The film also earned awards for Best Actor for Colin Farrell, Best Supporting Actress for Kerry Condon and Best Original Screenplay for Martin McDonagh.
Golden Globe winner Eddie Murphy will be honored with the coveted Cecil B. deMille Award and fellow Golden Globe winner Ryan Murphy will receive the fourth Carol Burnett Award at the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards.
A24 revealed the official trailer for Showing Up, Kelly Reichardt’s vibrant and captivatingly funny drama starring Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, John Magaro, André Benjamin, and Judd Hirsch.
A24 unveiled a new official trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser as an obese recluse in a performance for which he received numerous accolades including Best Actor nomination for the 80th Golden Globe Awards.