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Southeastern Film Critic’s Association Names Best Films of 2022

Michelle Yeoh

Everything Everywhere All At Once emerged as the best picture of 2022 in the annual poll of the 84 members of the Southeastern Film Critic’s Association (SEFCA), which includes this columnist. Michelle Yeoh was tapped as Best Actress for her role in the film as a failing laundrymat owner who is unexpectedly thrust into a multiverse adventure, Key Huy Quan won Best Supporting Actor for playing several versions of Yeoh’s longsuffering husband, and Daniel Kwan & Daniel Sheinert beat out runner-up Steven Spielberg for Best Director.

“Personally, I am thrilled SEFCA recognized Everything Everywhere All at Once in so many categories,” says SEFCA President Matt Goldberg. “As film critics, one of the best things we can do is celebrate films that push the boundaries of narrative and genre. We hope that our voice can pull in viewers who may not normally check out a film where two women with hot dog fingers figure out their relationship. As strange as the film can be, its core message of embracing the richness of our relationships in the face of nihilistic apathy will endure far beyond this year’s award season.”

Here are the full results from the SEFCA poll:

Top 10 Films

1.     Everything Everywhere All at Once

2.     The Banshees of Inisherin

3.     The Fabelmans

4.     Tár

5.     Top Gun: Maverick

6.     RRR

7.     Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

8.     Women Talking

9.     Nope

10.  The Batman

Best Actor

Winner: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Runner-Up: Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Best Actress

Winner: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-Up: Cate Blanchett, Tár

Best Supporting Actor: 

Winner: Key Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-Up: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Supporting Actress:

Winner: Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Runner-Up: Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Ensemble:

Winner: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Runner-Up: Women Talking

Best Director

Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-Up: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Runner-Up: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Sarah Polley, Women Talking

Runner-Up: Rian Johnson, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Documentary

Winner: Fire of Love

Runner-Up: Good Night Oppy

Best Foreign-Language Film

Winner: RRR

Runner-Up: Decision to Leave

Best Animated Film

Winner: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Runner-Up: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Best Cinematography

Winner: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

Runner-Up: Janusz Kaminski, The Fabelmans

Best Score

Winner: Michael Giacchino, The Batman

Runner-Up: John Williams, The Fabelmans

The Gene Wyatt Award (Film That Best Evokes the Spirit of the South)

Winner: Elvis

Runner-Up: Till

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Memphis Named One Of 10 Best Places For Filmmakers

Movie Maker Magazine has one again put Memphis on its list of the Ten Best Places To Live And Work As A Filmmaker. 

Citing our affordable cost of living and DIY attitude, as well as the Malco theater chain’s willingness to screen independent work, Movie Maker placed Memphis at number ten on their list, right behind San Francisco, California. 

“Memphis was repped on the 2015 international circuit by the award-winning drama Free in Deed, set in the city’s storefront churches. Writer-director Jake Mahaffy was persuaded to move the project to Memphis in 2014 after original plans to shoot in Detroit, and the film ended up involving many from the small, tight-knit local indie scene.” the magazine wrote. 

You can read the entire article here on Movie Maker Magazine’s website. 

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Live From SXSW: Day Two and Three

CREDIT: C

Entrance Band performs Saturday at SXSW.

  • Chris Shaw
  • Entrance Band performs Saturday at SXSW.

Pacing yourself at this live music marathon is key, and by Saturday night it’s easy to spot those who probably should have traded the Pabst Blue Ribbon for bottled water days ago. That’s not to say that people weren’t getting sloppy before Saturday Night, as I saw plenty of face-plants leading up to our two shows on Friday.

Numerous musicians I talked to have decided that this year’s SXSW will be the last of it’s kind, largely due to the drunk driving accident that killed at least two people and injured 23 more. On Wednesday night around midnight, Rashad Charjuan Owens drove through police barricades and onto Red River Street before running over multiple concert goers. Imagine a car going 70 mph down Beale Street during Memphis in May. Then multiply the crowd by 5 times. A rumor started circulating on Saturday that two additional people who were hit in the accident had died, and that authorities had elected to keep the news quiet to avoid any rioting by festival-goers.

Police ATVs near the accident on Red River

  • Chris Shaw
  • Police ATVs near the accident on Red River.

This terrible tragedy began to raise the question that performers have been quietly asking themselves for years: “Has SXSW gotten too rowdy and too big for it’s own good?” The answer is yes. Each year I’ve been, the crowds get bigger, the antics get more ridiculous (Lady Gaga got paid $3 million dollars to play SXSW and have someone puke on her) and the charm gets watered down. Even if this may be the last year before a drastic change at SXSW, there were many memorable moments, and many moments I’ll never remember. Here’s my top ten for SXSW 2014.

1. The Secret Prostitutes at Beerland, Thursday, March 13th.

2. JC Satan at Spiderhouse, Saturday March 15th.

3. Ty Segall at Street Legal Guitars, Thursday, March 14th.

4. Zig Zags at Spiderhouse, Saturday, March 15th.

5. Burnt Skull at Trailor Space Records, Saturday, March 15th.

6. Tyvek at Beerland, Thursday, March 13th.

7. Destruction Unit at Spiderhouse, Saturday March 15th.

8. La Luz at Street Legal Guitars, Thursday, March 13th.

9. Not seeing Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Jay Z or any other mainstream artist at SXSW all weekend.

10. Entrance Band at Spiderhouse, Saturday March 15th.