Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
Swept the PGA and four of the five top SAG awards; the Best Picture race is effectively over.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Awards
The 2023 Alternative Oscars, A.K.A the Big Picks!
February 28, 2023/ 109 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Wesley Morris
Sean, Amanda, and Wesley Morris hand out their own awards to the 2022 films the real Oscars left off the ballot, after a verdict on the PGAs, the SAGs, and Tom Cruise's Lifetime Achievement speech.
100 films across 3 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Before the ballotsthe PGAs, the SAGs, and Tom Cruise's victory lap
Top Gun: Maverick 2022
Lost the PGA to Everything Everywhere, but Tom Cruise still walked away with the Lifetime Achievement Award and a ten-minute speech.
Apollo 13 1995
Amanda's beloved exception: the one film to sweep DGA, SAG, and PGA and still lose Best Picture.
The Woman King 2022
Missed the Best Picture cut entirely; Sean blames Sony and Netflix for not streaming it until after nominations voting closed.
Nope 2022
Wesley and Amanda's pick for Best Picture; both admit the genre-movie mash-up lost some Academy voters.
Tár 2022
Wesley predicts it'll be remembered as one of the decade's great films even as it loses every category to Everything Everywhere.
CODA 2021
Sean's go-to story of knowing a Best Picture winner the instant the credits roll.
Till 2022
Set aside as its own conversation about black filmmakers left off this year's ballot.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever 2022
Also shut out of Best Picture, part of the same conversation as The Woman King and Nope.
Parasite 2019
The comparison point for The Woman King: an American story that, unlike Parasite, doesn't need an import exception to be a Best Picture contender.
Minari 2020
Another benchmark Wesley raises in the same conversation about movies reaching the Best Picture race.
Drive My Car 2021
The most recent international import to break into Best Picture, unlike the homegrown Everything Everywhere.
The made-up categoriesthe awards the Academy should add
Best First Feature
- Aftersun Charlotte Wells
- Barbarian Zach Cregger
- Causeway Lila Neugebauer
- Emily the Criminal John Patton Ford
- Funny Pages Owen Kline
- The Inspection Elegance Bratton
- Nanny Nikyatu Jusu
- Saint Omer Alice Diop Winner
- Turning Red Domee Shi
- We're All Going to the World's Fair Jane Schoenbrun
Breakthrough Performance
- Babylon Diego Calva
- Jackass Forever Darkshark
- Murina Gracija Filipović
- Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Tenoch Huerta
- Tár Sophie Kauer
- The Woman King Thuso Mbedu Winner
- Prey Amber Midthunder
- X Jenna Ortega
- Return to Seoul Park Ji-min
- Funny Pages Daniel Zolghadri
Best Cameo
- Armageddon Time Jessica Chastain
- The Fabelmans Judd Hirsch
- Babylon Spike Jonze
- Top Gun: Maverick Val Kilmer Winner
- The Fabelmans David Lynch
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Yo-Yo Ma
- Babylon Tobey Maguire
- She Said Samantha Morton
- Bones and All Chloë Sevigny
- Bros Ben Stiller
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Ethan Hawke
Best Kid Performance
- Aftersun Frankie Corio Winner
- Armageddon Time Banks Repeta & Jaylin Webb
- The Fabelmans Gabriel LaBelle
- The Black Phone Mason Thames & Madeleine McGraw
- Hit the Road Rayan Sarlak
Best Casting
- Barbarian
- Confess, Fletch
- EO
- Hustle Winner
- The Menu
Best Stunt / Action Sequence
- Ambulance The battlefield surgery
- RRR The bridge rescue
- Athena The opening ten-minute raid
- The Northman The berserker raid
- Avatar: The Way of Water The whale hunt
- Day Shift The hive slaughter
- Top Gun: Maverick The strike mission Winner
Best Ending
Glenn Close Memorial "It's Time" Award
- Top Gun: Maverick Tom Cruise Winner
The six categories they're stealingtheir alternatives to the real Oscar races
Best Supporting Actor
- She Said Andre Braugher
- Bones and All Timothée Chalamet
- Barbarian Justin Long
- To Leslie Marc Maron
- Emily the Criminal Theo Rossi Winner
Best Supporting Actress
- Triangle of Sadness Dolly de Leon
- The Menu Hong Chau
- The Woman King Lashana Lynch
- Saint Omer Guslagie Malanda Winner
Best Actor
- Ambulance Jake Gyllenhaal
- Nope Daniel Kaluuya
- Benediction Jack Lowden Winner
- The Menu Ralph Fiennes
- Hustle Adam Sandler
Best Actress
- The Woman King Viola Davis Winner
- Pearl Mia Goth
- Nope Keke Palmer
- Bones and All Taylor Russell
- Decision to Leave Tang Wei
Best Director
- The Woman King Gina Prince-Bythewood
- Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg
- Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook Winner
- Nope Jordan Peele
- The Batman Matt Reeves
Best Picture
Also mentioned raised along the way
In passing Edge of TomorrowJerry MaguireThe MummyAmerican MadeCatch Me If You CanEyes Wide ShutTapsThe Onion FieldIndependence DayThe Shape of WaterDownton Abbey: A New EraThe Dark Knight RisesRadio DaysWavesCreed IIICocaine BearM3GANThe Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV ScandalSlow HorsesThe Little Drummer GirlSix Feet Under
Ads / promos CarvanaFanDuelBoar's HeadMeta
Video games FIFA World Cup (Netflix)
Podcast promo The Ringer NFL Draft Show