The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
‘Everywhere’ you can watch Oscar hits
Not since “Slumdog Millionaire” won eight Oscars in 2009 has a film blitzed the Academy Awards like “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which won seven Oscars, including three of the four acting prizes along with best picture, director and original screenplay. Though only Showtime subscribers can stream the film currently, it’s available to buy on other digital platforms. But with the exception of “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which is still only in theaters, and the live-action short winner “An Irish Goodbye,” all of the night’s honorees are accessible through streaming services, digital outlets or both. Here’s some winners that are only a click away:
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
Won for: Best picture, director, actress, supporting actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, editing.
How to watch: Stream it on Showtime. Buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu and YouTube.
As the beaten-down, put-upon proprietor of a failing laundromat (Michelle Yeoh) faces the hassles of a Chinese New Year party for her visiting father and a hostile audit from an IRS agent ( Jamie Lee Curtis), she discovers that the multiverse has bigger plans for her. Nothing is off the table in this absurdist sci-fi comedy/ drama by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, aka Daniels, who cast Yeoh as a woman who’s surprised to discover that only she has the power to keep an interdimensional rupture from consuming the world. Her mission is crazier than it sounds, but affecting, too, in its insights on family and the immigrant experience in America.
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
Won for: Best international feature, cinematography, production design, score.
How to watch: Stream it on Netflix.
The year after Erich Maria Remarque’s novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” was published in 1929, Lewis Milestone turned it into one of cinema’s most enduring bleak anti-war films, painting the German war effort as a hellish abattoir for idealist young men. This Netflix adaptation, shot in German by director Edward Berger, adds a modern pictorial slickness to the imagery but spares none of the brutality.
‘The Whale’
Won for: Best actor, makeup and hairstyling.
How to watch: Buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu and YouTube.
As Charlie, a 600-pound shut-in with congestive heart failure in “The Whale,” Brendan Fraser plays a man in pain, albeit one whose self-destructive habits are mitigated by an earnest desire for connection. Behind all those thick prosthetics, Fraser’s soft voice and pleading eyes bring unexpected warmth to a bleak scenario.
‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’
Won for: Best animated feature.
How to watch: Stream it on Netflix.
The intermingling of fantastical creatures and events with dark historical backdrops has been a feature of Guillermo del Toro films and the surprising World War II context is only one of the standout elements in his take on the Pinocchio myth. Another is his use of stop-motion techniques to bring the herky-jerky young puppet to life, as Geppetto’s magical creation falls in with a traveling carnival and makes his way through the perilous landscape of fascist Italy, including an audience with Mussolini. What emerges is a warning about children raised in times when their innocence and vulnerability is abused.
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’
Won for: Best costume design.
How to watch: Stream it on Disney+. Rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu and YouTube.
The death of Chadwick Boseman left the Black Panther franchise without a Black Panther, which makes grief a central theme of “Wakanda Forever.” Into this power vacuum steps Angela Bassett as T’Challa’s mother, Queen Ramonda, who assumes her leadership role with a heavy heart, and his sister, Princess Shuri (Letitia Wright), who struggles to step up. Together, they square off against a threat under the sea, as Namor (Tenoch Huerta Mejía), the demigod king of the aquatic kingdom Talokan, acts out on his resentment of the surface world.
‘Women Talking’ Won for: Best adapted screenplay.
How to watch: Rent or buy it on Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu and YouTube.
With an ensemble cast led by Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey and Frances McDormand, Sarah Polley’s lacerating drama takes place in an isolated religious community. After it’s discovered that some men have been using animal tranquilizers to sedate and rape women and girls, the other men of the colony head to the city to oversee the bail hearing, leaving the remaining women alone to discuss their options. The decisions they have to make — on justice, on forgiveness, on agency and on their own futures — lead at times to solidarity and at others to wounding divisions of opinion.