2026 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (November)
Here are my 2026 Oscar nomination predictions in Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay for November. ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) Gotham... 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.
2026 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (November)
With the official eligibility lists in for Documentary and International Feature Film, and without any glaring omissions from my first set of predictions, we can... Read More
2026 Oscars: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘Frankenstein, ‘Sinners’ Among 20 Films Make the Visual Effects Finalists Cut
Avatar: Fire and Ash, Frankenstein and Sinners are among the 20 films to make it past the first hurdle on the way to the Oscars... Read More
Rian Johnson, Josh O’Connor and Glenn Close Talk ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ [VIDEO INTERVIEWS]
I talked to Rian Johnson and Josh O’Connor recently about their new film Wake Up Dead Man, how Johnson’s religious background found its way into... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (November)
Critics Choice has announced its shortlists of contenders in 11 categories, including Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects. There is a caveat with the list however, which... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN and PRODUCTION DESIGN (November)
Critics Choice has announced its shortlists of contenders in 11 categories, including Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects. There is a caveat with the list however, which... Read More
Novelist/Screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell on Taking ‘Hamnet’ From the Page to the Screen [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Maggie O’Farrell didn’t intend to turn her best-selling novel Hamnet into a film when she wrote it but when director Chloé Zhao said she wouldn’t... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (November)
Critics Choice has announced its shortlists of contenders in 11 categories, including Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects. There is a caveat with the list... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND (November)
For November we have our first of several song and score precursors with the Hollywood Music in Media nominations and awards, where Sinners, Diane Warren... Read More
Interview: How Chloé Zhao and Jessie Buckley Gave Life and Agency to ‘Hamnet’ and Agnes
It’s been a strange road for Chloé Zhao. An early indie darling with early features like Songs My Brother Taught Me and The Rider, using... Read More
Pittsburgh Film Critics Association (PFCC) Winners: 9 Wins for ‘Sinners’ 
Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Wins 7 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 134 – ‘Dick Tracy’ (Warren Beatty, 1990) 
Producers Guild of America (PGA): ‘F1,’ ‘Weapons’ In, “Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘Wicked: For Good’ Out