LGBTQ Entertainment Critics name Nathan Lane its Timeless Star of 2022/2023
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, consisting of over 400 journalists covering film, TV and Broadway/Off-Broadway, has named Nathan Lane its Timeless Star for... 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), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) 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.
Frameline47 to open with Sofia Coppola-produced ‘Fairyland’ plus Meg Stalter-starrer ‘Cora Bora’ and drag saga ‘God Save the Queens’
Frameline47 will open with Andrew Durham’s Fairyland and kickoff Pride at Oasis with God Save the Queens, featuring a performance by Alaska This morning, Frameline announced the Opening... Read More
Rooftop Films announces lineup for 27th Summer Series festival including ‘Earth Mama,’ ‘Flamin’ Hot’ and ‘Biosphere’
Rooftop Films, the non-profit organization celebrated as New York City’s home for independent films and filmmakers, has announced the lineup for its annual Rooftop Films... Read More
Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, Kaia Gerber to star in thriller from Max Minghella
Emmy Award-winner Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale) will star alongside Academy Award-nominee Kate Hudson (Almost Famous, Glass Onion) and Kaia Gerber (Babylon, Bottoms) in the... Read More
African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) announces dates for 5th annual TV honors
The African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) will announce winners of the 5th Annual AAFCA TV Honors on June 19th, it was announced today by... Read More
2023 Cannes Film Festival: Actor John C. Reilly to preside over Un Certain Regard jury
Following last year’s Italian director, actress and producer Valeria Golino, this year finds Academy Award-nominated American actor John C. Reilly set to preside over the... Read More
2023 Tony Awards nominations: Well, somebody’s perfect; ‘Some Like It Hot’ scorches with 13, non-binary actors J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell make history
Some Like It Hot, the musical re-imagining of the hit 1959 film from Billy Wilder that starred Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe, dominated... Read More
Academy sets new campaign rules, deadlines, voting for 96th Oscars
In the wake of last Oscar season’s wild west campaigning that found dozens of actors circling their wagons for Andrea Riseborough all the way to... Read More
TIFF partners with Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for new ‘Science on Screen’ program
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced today a new partnership with theAlfred P. Sloan Foundation in support of science on screen. The new program,... Read More
Retro Review: ‘L.I.E.’ (2001)
L.I.E. is an unusually frank and unwaveringly perceptive film in which every character seems to live in line with the metaphorical anagram of the title.... Read More
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