‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads Spirit Award nominations

The multiverse-hopping adventure film “Everything Everywhere All at Once ” had a leading eight nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards with nods for best feature, director, lead actor for Michelle Yeoh, supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis and breakthrough for Stephanie Hsu. The organization announced nominees for its 38th edition on Tuesday, where other top contenders include Todd Field’s classical music thriller “Tár,” with seven nominations — including for best feature, director, actor for Cate Blanchett and supporting actor for Nina Hoss — Charlotte Wells’ “ Aftersun,” Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” and Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All.” Aside from “Aftersun,” nominated for first feature, all are best feature nominees alongside the sole nomination for “Our Father, the Devil.” Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once” has become a bit of a Cinderella story this year, earning over $100 million at the global box office against a $25-million budget. “Zola’s” Taylour Paige and “The Inspection’s” Raúl Castillo read the nominations, which are chosen by committees made up of film critics, producers, festival programmers, filmmakers, past winners and Film Independent’s Board of Directors. Films nominated for best documentary included Laura Poitras’ Venice-winner “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” “All that Breathes,” “A House Made of Splinters,” “Riotsville, U.S.A.” and “Midwives.” International film nominees were: “Corsage,” “Joyland,” “Leonor Will Never Die,” “Return to Seoul” and “Saint Omer.” At the 37th edition earlier this year, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “The Lost Daughter” won for best feature, director and screenplay.