Interview: Kristen Stewart opens up about ‘Spencer,’ honoring Diana, awards season (she loves it) and the impact of being an openly queer Oscar nominee in 2022
Kristen Stewart loves to talk. No, really. I came prepared with three dozen questions and talking points but I probably got through a third of... Read More
Erik Anderson
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
Dorian Awards: ‘The Power of the Dog,’ ‘Flee,’ Rita Moreno top LGBTQ critics picks; Kristen Stewart and Ariana DeBose win non-gendered acting prizes
Jane Campion continued her record-setting awards run for a female director as she was recognized as Best Director for her adaptation of the 1920’s Western drama The... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
With Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay nominations, it’s hard to make a case against Japans’s Drive My Car from Ryusuke Hamaguchi racing... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED SHORT, DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT and LIVE ACTION SHORT
Here are my ranked final Oscar predictions for Animated Short, Documentary Short Subject and Live Action Short. ANIMATED SHORT FILM 1. Robin Robin (Netflix)2. Boxballet (Melnitsa Animation Studio) 3. Bestia (Miyu... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS
There would have to be a rift in the time-space continuum for Dune to lose the Visual Effects Oscar. Not only is it a gargantuan... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING
Such an interesting category as the tides keep turning and crashing into each other. Between Dune‘s Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and House of Gucci‘s Paolo Gucci,... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN
There are so many ways to interpret how voters will approach a category like production design; will they go for period recreations that evoke memories... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN
With having nabbed Critics’ Choice, BAFTA and Costume Designers Guild, Cruella is the far out in frontrunner for the Costume Design Oscar. Hitting two quadrants... Read More
‘Dune,’ ‘West Side Story,’ ‘Only Murders in the Building’ top 69th Golden Reel Awards
The 69th Golden Reel Awards were held this Sunday, put on the by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) guild, celebrating sound editing in film, television, video... Read More
27th Critics’ Choice Awards: ‘The Power of the Dog’ wins Best Picture, Jessica Chastain named Best Actress; ‘Succession’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ top TV wins
The Power of the Dog continued its reign, winning Best Picture from the Critics’ Choice, after winning Best Film at BAFTA earlier in the day.... Read More
36th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) Announces Full Lineup, Opening with ‘Better Man’ and Closing with ‘The Penguin Lessons’ 
‘Kneecap’ Leads 2024 British Independent Film Craft Awards Winners (BIFA) 
‘Moana 2’ Review: Rough Seas and a Waterlogged Narrative Sink Choppy Sequel 
62nd Annual Publicists Awards Nominations