Make It a Double Feature: Go on the Vacation from Hell with ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Barbarian’
As a horror buff, for the next edition of Make It a Double Feature I’ve chosen two films about trips gone wrong for this month’s... Read More
Year: 2024
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (July)
Today gave us our first look at Isabella Rossellini in Conclave, a film I started my predictions with last month at the top of my... Read More
Director Watch Ep. 55 – ‘Man on Fire’ (Tony Scott, 2004) with guest Dave Giannini of InSession Film
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
‘The Blair Witch Project’ at 25: The Birth of Found Footage and the Price of Naive Ambition
Found footage is the cinematic equivalent of an urban legend or a story that campers tell around the fire. Intentionally poor production choices are part... Read More
First ‘Conclave’ Trailer Finds Ralph Fiennes in a Thrilling Papal Conspiracy
Focus Features has revealed the first full trailer for its major fall awards contender Conclave, from Academy Award-nominated director Edward Berger (2022 International Feature Film... Read More
‘Twisters’ Review: Maybe the Real Tornadoes Were the Friends We Met Along the Way
When Jan de Bont’s Twister was released in May of 1996, disaster movies were on the precipice of a huge comeback, a renaissance they hadn’t... Read More
76th Primetime Emmy Award Nominations: The Surprises, the Snubs, the Records and History Made
Awards nominations are nothing if not filled with surprise inclusions, shocking snubs and always come with some record-breaking history. The Bear broke the all-time Emmy... Read More
76th Primetime Emmy Award Nominations Reactions from Jonathan Bailey, Sofía Vergara, Lily Gladstone and More
DRAMA CATEGORIES “Today is especially gratifying because The Gilded Age returned to production last week for a season three that exists only because so many... Read More
76th Primetime Emmy Nominations: ‘The Bear’ Breaks Comedy Record, ‘Shōgun’ Tops Drama, ‘True Detective’ Leads Limited Series
The second season of FX’s The Bear made Emmy history this morning, earning 23 nominations, passing the record for a comedy series previously held by... Read More
‘Look Back’ Review: Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Manga Masterpiece Becomes a Beautiful Hour of Anime
Look Back’s protagonist, Fujino (voiced by Yuumi Kawai), is introduced drawing gag manga strips for her elementary school newspaper. Her classmates all love her work,... Read More
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’