‘Succession,’ Mare of Easttown,’ ‘Evil,’ ‘Only Murders in the Building’ lead Critics Choice Television nominations
HBO top network with 20 Nominations, Netflix follows with 18 The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the TV category nominees for the 27th Annual Critics... 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.
Atlanta Film Critics go for a big slice of ‘Licorice Pizza’
The Atlanta Film Critics Circle has chosen Licorice Pizza as 2021’s Best Picture, also awarding the film Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Alana Haim, in a... Read More
‘Cyrano’ tops Detroit Critics Film Society with Best Picture, Best Actor wins
The Joe Wright musical Cyrano was named Best Picture of 2021 by the Detroit Film Critics Society, with titular star Peter Dinklage winning Best Actor.... Read More
Washington DC Critics name ‘Belfast’ Best Film; ‘Power of the Dog,’ ‘Dune win three awards
Andrew Garfield, Kristen Stewart, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Aunjanue Ellis take top acting prizes Belfast headlined a diverse roster of winners when The Washington, D.C. Area Film... Read More
Aleem Khan’s ‘After Love’ the big winner at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA); ‘Belfast’ shut out completely
Aleem Khan’s After Love, set in the port town of Dover, where a recent widow discovers a secret after her husband’s unexpected death, was the... Read More
Washington DC Critics: ‘Belfast,’ ‘The Power of the Dog’ lead nominations
The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) have announced their 2021 film nominees today and Belfast and The Power of the Dog led the... Read More
‘The Power of the Dog’ tames New York Film Critics (NYFCC); ‘Drive My Car’ rides to Best Film win
The New York Film Critics Circle has named Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car as the Best Film of 2021 as the group announced their yearly... Read More
AwardsWatch Oscar Podcast #82: ‘West Side Story,’ crowdpleasers and the case for late breakers
On today’s Oscar podcast, recorded November 30, I’m joined by Ryan McQuade where we talk about the Gotham Awards and their potential impact on the... Read More
Detroit Film Critics Society nominations: ‘CODA,’ ‘King Richard,’ ‘Don’t Look Up’ lead
The Detroit Film Critics Society have announced their nominees for the best in film of 2021 in thirteen categories. CODA leads with five while King... Read More
Andrew Garfield to receive Actor Achievement Award from Palm Springs Film Festival
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Andrew Garfield is the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor for his performance in tick, tick…BOOM! The Film... Read More
African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Honorees: ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘The Piano Lesson’ Filmmakers and Casts and 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) 
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