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The 2022 Academy Awards was a spectacle, and, Barry Hertz writes, 2023 could be the year the ceremony slouches back toward normalcy. There are indie hits up for multiple awards that people have actually seen (Everything Everywhere All at Once scored 11 nominations, including Best Picture), underseen critical darlings (The Fabelmans nabbed five nods including Best Director and Best Picture, while Tár earned four, including Best Actress for Cate Blanchett), and genuine Earth-conquering blockbusters (Top Gun: Maverick scored five nods including Best Picture, while Avatar: The Way of Water fished four, also including the big prize of the evening).
Here’s our complete guide to the 95th annual Academy Awards.
The basics
When do the Oscars start?
This year, the Academy Awards start at 8 p.m. ET on Sunday March 12, 2023. They air on CTV in Canada, and ABC in the U.S.
What time is the Oscars red carpet?
The Oscars red carpet pre-show will air starting at 6:30 p.m. ET on ABC.
Who’s hosting the 2022 Oscars?
Jimmy Kimmel is hosting this year’s Academy Awards, his third time as emcee. Presenters include Janelle Monáe, Riz Ahmed, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson and Michael B. Jordan.
Who is performing at this year’s Oscars?
All but one of the best original song nominees have said they are performing at the 2023 ceremony. David Byrne, Son Lux and Stephanie Hsu (who will step in for Mitski) will perform Everything Everywhere All at Once’s “This is a Life.” Rihanna will perform “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, RRR’s “Naatu Naatu” will be performed as well as “Applause” from Tell it like a Woman, where Dianne Warren will be joined by Actress Sofia Carson.
Where you can watch Oscar-nominated movies
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It’s time to watch as many of this year’s Oscar-nominated films as you can before the red carpet is rolled out for the Academy Awards on March 12. Luckily for readers, the pandemic-era trend of earlier streaming availability for top films means most of them can be watched right now from your home.
The Globe’s guide to watching this year’s Oscar nominated films lets you know which movies you can watch or stream on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crave, Disney+, Paramount+, Video on Demand or in theatres.
Stream the Alterna-Oscars: The Oscars offer a final glitzy push for 10 films that have dominated the movie discourse for the past year. And while many of those nominees are worthy of the spotlight, there are a Dolby Theatre’s worth of eligible movies that didn’t get any love from the Academy at all. So here are the Alterna-Oscars: a quick guide to the should’ve-been-contenders (Decision to Leave, Till, The Woman King, Nope and Armageddon Time).
Why the Oscars matter more than we realize
This year’s slate of nominees feels like the Platonic ideal of what the Academy Awards should look like, writes Barry Hertz. Despite some requisite quibbles and obvious snubs that are perennially part of the Oscars experience, moviegoers could not ask for a better representation of the year in cinema.
Yet there is still an overarching conversation that is intensely committed to the idea that the Academy Awards should be wiped off the face of the Earth. Today, it feels the world has it out for Oscar.
But, Hertz argues, we should not be so quick and eager and nauseatingly gleeful to write the Academy Awards’ obituary.
If the Oscars die, then the movies die, too.
This year’s best bets
The Globe and Mail’s film critic Barry Hertz has rounded up his picks for who he thinks is most likely to win, who he thinks should win, and who was passed over on the list of nominees.
For best picture Hertz says Everything Everywhere All at Once will win, Top Gun: Maverick should win, and RRR should have been a contender.
Read the full list of 2023 Oscar winner best bets.
Play The Globe’s Oscars 2023 bingo game
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‘It’s surreal and strange’: Sarah Polley reflects on Women Talking’s Oscar run
The main thing Polley’s learned over the last seven months? “Just enjoy the experience. The people with the lowest expectations are definitely having the best time.” Here are some of her take-aways from the experience:
“At the Critics Choice awards, some of the categories were announced on screens during commercial breaks. I was in the middle of telling Hildur [Guonadottir, Women Talking’s composer] what I thought was a hilarious joke. I heard people yelling around me, but I would not be interrupted. Someone yelled, ‘You both won!’ When Claire Foy [a star of Women Talking] found out we won, she started screaming and screaming. Suddenly Henry Winkler appeared out of nowhere, and his presence instantly resolved her hysterical screaming fit. Then we went to the press lineup to get our pictures taken. I said, ‘Hildur, come into my picture!’ Someone yelled, ‘Okay, but she won for Tar!’ I was like, ‘What?! You won for Tar?’ Oh my god.”
The #MeToo movies movement that wasn’t
Women are talking, but is anyone listening any more? In 2022, three high-profile, #MeToo-related films seemed poised to shine in this awards season: Tar, She Said, and Women Talking. Critics’ organizations lauded the trio. Nominations followed.
Beyond collecting statuettes, the #MeToo filmmakers hoped to spark conversations. But that requires a wide audience, which has proved elusive.
Instead of the trio of films being conversation engines, the conversation has moved on.
Johanna Schneller writes: “This is painful for me.”
Continue reading: The #MeToo movies movement that wasn’t
Canadians who won Oscars at the 95th Academy Awards
Oscars 2023: Here is the complete list of winners at the 95th Academy Awards
