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The 2023 Matt Awards (Nominations)


The first Matt Awards were dispensed in early 1998 (now a quarter-century ago). By me. On my trusty old Brother word processor. No one else really knew about them. I might have read them off to my mom, or my friend Terry, but they were really for me. They were born out of frustration for how the Oscars typically doled-out awards. Basically, I wanted to have my own opinions about movies - something I do regularly over on the Mashley at the Movies podcast.

An annual occurrence since they began, I enjoy doing the Matt Awards each year. Sometimes, I do both nominations and then, a few weeks later, pick the winners. Some years, I just go straight to the winners circle. This year, I'm really late - later than I've probably ever been - on getting to these awards. Life's been a bit busy. So, here's what we're doing: This post will be the list of nominations for the 2023 Matt Awards. Then, in a few days, I'll make another blog post with the winners. Sound ok? Cool, let's go.


Here are the nominees:


Best Picture
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Top Gun: Maverick


Best Director
Sophie Hyde  for  Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Kogonada  for   After Yang
Martin McDonagh  for  The Banshees of Inisherin
Daniel Scheinert & Daniel Kwan  for   Everything Everywhere All at Once
Steven Spielberg  for   The Fabelmans


Best Actor
Colin Farrell   for   After Yang
Ralph Fiennes  for  The Menu
Brendan Gleeson   for  The Banshees of Inisherin
Gabriel LaBelle  for  The Fabelmans
Daryl McCormack  for  Good Luck to You, Leo Grande


Best Actress
Mia Goth   for   Pearl
Leslie Manville   for   Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Taylor Russell   for   Bones and All
Emma Thompson   for   Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Michelle Yeoh   for   Everything Everywhere All at Once


Best Supporting Actor
Barry Keoghan   for   The Banshees of Inisherin
Rory Kinnear   for   Men
Justin Long   for   Barbarian
Ke Huy Quan   for   Everything Everywhere All at Once
Mark Rylance   for   Bones and All


Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett   for   Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Kerry Condon   for   The Banshees of Inisherin
Stephanie Hsu   for   Everything Everywhere All at Once
Janelle Monae   for   Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Michelle Williams   for   The Fabelmans


Best Screenplay
Katy Brand   for   Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Kogonada  for   After Yang
Tony Kushner & Steven Spielberg   for   The Fabelmans
Martin McDonagh  for  The Banshees of Inisherin
Graham Moore   for   The Outfit


Best Cinematography
Peter Deming   for   The Menu
Janusz Kaminski   for   The Fabelmans
Benjamin Loeb  for   After Yang
Claudio Miranda   for   Top Gun: Maverick
Dick Pope   for   The Outfit


Best Score
Alexandre Desplat   for   Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Patrick Doyle   for   Death on the Nile
Michael Giacchino   for   The Batman
Aska Matsumiya   for   After Yang
Hans Zimmer, Harold Faltermeyer, Lady Gaga   for   Top Gun: Maverick


Best Editing
Michael Block   for   Watcher
Joe Murphy   for   Barbarian
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen   for   The Banshees of Inisherin
Paul Rogers   for   Everything Everywhere All at Once
Margaret Sixel   for   Three Thousand Years of Longing


Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On


Best Horror Movie
Barbarian
Halloween Ends
Pearl
Scream
X


Best Holiday Film      (new category!)
Christmas with the Campbells
A Christmas Story Christmas
Spirited
Violent Night
Your Christmas Or Mine?


It was difficult to pare down several of the above categories to just five nominees, as 2022 was a really good year for cinema.

As I mentioned earlier, the winners will be announced in a few days. Until then...


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