2025 Annie Awards Nominations: ‘The Wild Robot’ Leads with 10
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot leads the 52nd Annie Awards for animation with 10 nominations, which were announced this morning, followed by Walt Disney/Pixar’s... Read More
Year: 2024
2024 Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Winners: ‘The Zone of Interest,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Kneecap’
Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning The Zone of Interest was named Best Film of 2024 by the Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) with Jonathan Glazer also winning... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (December)
We have Critics Choice and the Golden Globe screenplay nominations as well as European Film Award winner Emilia Pérez for December predictions. Not a lot... Read More
2024 London Critics’ Circle Nominations: ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Anora’ Lead with Seven
The UK’s leading film critics announced their nominations for the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with Sean Baker’s Anora and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist leading the nominations with seven... Read More
Interview: How Adrien Brody Built a Monument to His Mother with ‘The Brutalist’
Adrien Brody has been waiting twenty years for The Brutalist. Well, not exactly waiting, moreso striving, yearning for a part as significant as that of... Read More
Director Watch Ep. 77 – ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ (Nancy Meyers, 2003)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
New Featurette on the Ensemble of Malcolm Washington’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ (Exclusive)
In The Piano Lesson, the cinematic adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-nominated play, history, emotion, and artistry converge to create a film... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (December)
With Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominations we can now add the Oscar shortlists for Documentary Feature and International Feature, narrowing our selections in those... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, PRODUCTION DESIGN (December)
The American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie nominations (ACE) announced on December 11, with Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDG) on the 13th. Set Decorators Society of... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND, VISUAL EFFECTS (December)
The Oscar shortlists are in and here are my 2025 Oscar predictions for Makeup & Hairstyling, Original Score, Original Song, Sound and Visual Effects for... Read More
Black Reel Awards: ‘Sinners’ Dominates with Record 21 Nominations 
2026 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN and PRODUCTION DESIGN (December) 
Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes 5 Wins 
Harrison Ford to Receive the SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award