Director Watch Podcast Ep. 33 – ‘Blue Chips’ (William Friedkin, 1994)
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
Year: 2024
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
The dominance of Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall in the non-English language film categories both before and after France opted to submit The Taste... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE
With the BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden Globe and SCL under his belt, Ludwig Göransson is set for his second Oscar for Original Score with Oppenheimer... Read More
22nd Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards: ‘The Creator,’ ‘The Last of Us’ Top Winners, ‘Nyad’ Topples 20-Year Stat
The Creator led the winners list of the 22nd Visual Effects Society (VES) awards tonight with five wins. It entered the night with seven nominations,... Read More
26th Costume Designers Guild (CDG) Awards: ‘Poor Things,’ ‘Barbie’ Take Top Wins
The fashion of Poor Things, Barbie and Saltburn were the top winners at the 26th Costume Designers Guild Awards tonight for film. The Great, Beef... Read More
Jason Reitman Leads Coalition of 35 Filmmakers Acquire Westwood’s Village Theater in Los Angeles
Famed Theater to become a community village for First-Run Films, Premieres, and Repertory Screenings A coalition of feature film directors led by Jason Reitman are... Read More
‘Black Tea’ Review – Abderrahmane Sissako Returns with a Masterful Exploration of Cultural Identity | Berlinale 2024
Director Abderrahmane Sissako (the Oscar-nominated Timbuktu) returns after a 10-year hiatus with Black Tea, a sublime and meaningful exploration of cultural identity, freedom and growing... Read More
2024 SAG Awards and PGA Awards Film Predictions: How Far Can ‘Oppenheimer’ Go?
While it’s a foregone conclusion (or is it?) that Oppenheimer should be able to sail to an easy win at this weekend’s Producers Guild of... Read More
‘Spaceman’ Review: Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan Are the Star-Crossed Lovers We Didn’t Know We Needed | Berlinale 2024
More than just another film about an astronaut, Spaceman is here to give a new meaning to the phrase star-crossed lovers. Swedish director Johan Renck... Read More
‘Barbie,’ ‘American Fiction,’ ‘Jury Duty, ‘ The Curse’ Among 2024 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Nominations
The nominations for the 2024 Writers Guild of America (WGA) awards were announced today with Barbie, May December, American Fiction and Are You There God?... Read More
With Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Winning an Oscar, Which Multi-Nominee is Next? 
BAFTA TV Awards Nominations: ‘Adolescence’ Still Has More Growing Up To Do 
Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23