HOUSTON, TEXAS (February 19, 2023) — Everything Everywhere All at Once – the irreverent look at the possibilities of the multiverse – captured top honors from the Houston Film Critics Society in its 16th Annual Awards.
In addition to being named the Best Picture of 2022, the Society selected the film’s directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert as the year’s best and Ke Huy Quan as the Best Supporting Actor of 2022.
The results of this annual balloting by the members of the Houston Film Critics Society’s were announced during at the 16th Annual Movie Awards, staged last night in the MATCHBOX 4 theatre at the Midtown Arts and Theatre Center-Houston (The MATCH).
“As we celebrate a year when we rediscovered the joy of the movies, our critics applaud a film that dares to push the art in every possible way,” says Doug Harris, President of the organization. “Just as we have in so many previous award years, the Houston Critics look for opportunities to honor filmmakers who dare to bring something new to the screen.”
The Society named Colin Farrell as Best Actor for examining the impact of isolation in The Banshees of Inisherin, Cate Blanchett as Best Actress for creating a conductor who thrives on tension in Tár and, as Best Supporting Actress, Kerry Condon as the understanding sister in The Banshees of Inisherin. That film was also honored for its screenplay by Martin McDonagh.
Named the year’s Best Ensemble Cast were the actors in Women Talking – including Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara and Frances McDormand – directed by Sarah Polley. Winning the Texas Independent Film Award – for the best film made in Texas – was Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10-1/2: A Space Age Childhood which sets its uplifting story in the suburbs of Houston.
Adding to the energy of the evening were guest performances of the five nominated songs – by local performers Sheleah Monea, Cameron Starnes, and Sankar Narayanan, under the direction of music director Scott Benton and the presence of the Consuls General of Argentina, Belgium, Germany and Korea for the presentation of the Best Foreign Language Feature.
Following the two-hour production, guests adjourned to the Gallery at MATCH for a reception featuring an Everyone Everywhere All at Once-themed bagel buffet courtesy of Ziggy Gruber of Kenny and Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen and Barry Shapiro of Bagel Express.
“Each year, the Society presents our awards after thoroughly reviewing the year’s films,” continues Harris. “We select our nominees in December before casting final votes early in the new year. As professional journalists who believe in the power of film, we are thrilled with the range and substance of this year’s winners.”
16th Annual Houston Film Critics Society Award Winners
Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Actor: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Actress: Cate Blanchett, Tár
Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Supporting Actress: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin
Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Animated Feature: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
Documentary: Good Night Oppy
Foreign Language Feature: RRR
Original Score: Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Original Song: Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, and Rahul Sipligunj, Naatu Naatu from RRR,
Visual Effects: Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer, Avatar: The Way of Water
Stunt Coordination Team: RRR
Ensemble Cast: Women Talking: Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Emily Mitchell, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil, Claire Foy, Sheila McCarthy, Jessie Buckley, Michelle McLeod, Kira Guloien, Shayla Brown, Frances McDormand, Vivien Endicott Douglas, Ben Wishaw, August Winter, Lochlan Ray Miller, Nathaniel McParland, Will Bowes, Eli Ham, Emily Drake, Marcia Craig, Caroline Gillis, Stephen Leupolt, Shannon Widdis
Texas Independent Film Award: Apollo 10-1/2: A Spacer Age Childhood