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Youth, The Lobster and 45 Years Lead 2015 European Film Award Nominations

Erik Anderson November 7, 2015

Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Lobster lead the nominations for the European Film Awards today with 5 mentions including European Film, European Director and European Actor for... Read More

2015 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) Nominations: The Lobster Leads with 7

Erik Anderson November 3, 2015

The British Independent Film Awards (the U.K.’s version of the The Independent Spirit Awards in the U.S.) have announced their nominees and Cannes entry... Read More

2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS – Lawrence, Blanchett, Larson and Ronan locking it up

Erik Anderson October 27, 2015

It seems like it happens every year but we’re not even to November yet and Best Actress is a category that is almost sewn up.... Read More

MVFF38 Review: ’45 Years’

Erik Anderson October 10, 2015

Is there anything more insidious than a secret? Kate and Geoff Mercer (Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay) lead a quiet and charmingly simple life... Read More

Forum Oscar Poll Results – September 2015: Carol, Joy, Steve Jobs Rise

Erik Anderson October 5, 2015

The votes for the September Forum Oscar Polls are in and with it some dramatic results. August’s #1 film in Best Picture, The Danish Girl... Read More

When Oscar Bait Fails: How Film Festival Response Makes or Breaks a Film

Erik Anderson September 14, 2015

What has happened to this Oscar season? The Toronto International Film Festival, currently underway, is normally the jumping off point, or in some cases... Read More

42nd Telluride Film Festival Brings Steve Jobs, Beasts of No Nation, Carol, Suffragette

Erik Anderson September 3, 2015

Part of the thrill of the Telluride Film Festival is that the quick, four-day fest only announces its lineup the day before the festival itself... Read More

TIFF40 Adds I Saw the Light, Our Brand Is Crisis, Truth, 45 Years, About Ray

Erik Anderson August 18, 2015

You didn’t think the first announcement was all there was, did you? TIFF director Cameron Bailey is still dead set on Toronto being the... Read More

Gold Rush Gang 2016 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (July)

Erik Anderson July 3, 2015

As is often the case with Awardswatch and our Gold Rush Gang, the Best Actress race is usually our best category and we’ve been solid... Read More

TRAILER: Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay are Oscar-worthy in ’45 Years’

Erik Anderson June 19, 2015

It would seem that after careers spanning decades as Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay’s have that you wouldn’t or couldn’t be surprised by them but... Read More