Sony Music releases Nicholas Britell’s original soundtrack for ‘Carmen’ featuring Paul Mescal track and video for “Slip Away”
Sony Music Masterworks today released Carmen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), an album of music from the Sony Pictures Classics film by three-time Academy Award nominated,... 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.
Retro Review: ‘Osmosis Jones’ (2001)
What is it about American audiences that they refuse to see any animated film that doesn’t the Disney stamp on it? Shrek aside, there were... Read More
Interview: Director Benjamin Millepied opens up about the long journey to ‘Carmen’ and working with Melissa Barrera, Paul Mescal and Rossy de Palma
Millipied, born in Bordeaux, France, has always wanted to dance. He began ballet training at the age of eight with his mother, Catherine Flory, a... Read More
2nd Gold House Gala honorees include Ke Huy Quan, Iman Vellani plus 30th anniversary of ‘The Joy Luck Club’
The annual celebration honors 100 Asian and Pacific Islanders who have made a significant impact on culture and society in the last year Gold House,... Read More
2023 Tribeca Film Festival announces lineup including world premieres from Chelsea Peretti, John Slattery and David Duchovny
The 2023 Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, today announced its lineup of feature narrative, documentary, and animated films. This year’s Festival, which takes place June... Read More
55th Directors’ Fortnight and 62nd Critics’ Week selections of the 76th Cannes Film Festival
30 films have been selected for the 55th Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival, as announced by Julien Rejl, Artistic Director of the Quinzaine... Read More
2023 Peabody Awards: ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Our Flag Means Death,’ ‘The Patient’ among nominees, Shari Frilot wins 1st Annual Visionary Award
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors today announced the 42 nominees for Entertainment, Arts, Children’s/Youth, Podcast/Radio, Interactive & Immersive, and Public Service. In the entertainment category,... Read More
Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington to lead feature film adaptation of August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ for Netflix
Honorary Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, Avengers) and John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman, Tenet) will lead and all-star cast in the feature film adaptation... Read More
76th Cannes Film Festival Lineup: New films from Todd Haynes, Kore-eda Hirokazu; women directors hit record numbers in competition
New films from Todd Haynes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nanni Moretti, Ken Loach and Kore-eda Hirokazu highlight the competition lineup for the 76th Cannes Film Festival... Read More
HBO reveals first looks at ‘True Detective,’ ‘The Regime,’ ‘The Penguin,’ greenlight on ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel and new Max logo
After the rather announcement yesterday that HBO Max would be changing its name to simply Max, and incorporating Discovery+ content post-merger, HBO and Max news... Read More
Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with Record-Tying 14 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 318 – The First Week of Awards Season with Critics Choice, Spirit Awards Nominations; NYFF, NBR, Gotham Winners 
Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations: ‘Adolescence’ Leads, Followed by ‘Nobody Wants This’ 
Michigan Movie Critics Guild Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 12