Interview: Janelle Monáe defines her own success and in ‘Glass Onion’ her talent is no mystery
In music, Janelle Monáe has been an ArchAndroid and an Electric Lady. In film, she burst onto the scene in 2016 co-starring in the SAG... 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.
Motion Picture Sound Editors to honor Gwendolyn Yates Whittle with 2023 Career Achievement Award
The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) announced today that it will honor two-time Academy Award-nominated Supervising Sound Editor Gwendolyn Yates Whittle with its 2023 Career... Read More
Viola Davis to receive William O. Douglas Award at Public Counsel’s annual event (Exclusive)
Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress, producer and New York Times best-selling author Viola Davis receives Public Counsel’s William O. Douglas Award at an event at the... Read More
Michelle Yeoh to receive International Star Award at Palm Springs Film Festival
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Michelle Yeoh is the recipient of the International Star Award, Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once. The... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (November)
The Gotham Awards may only be a handful of critics that decide nominations and winners but as the first group to reveal winners, they can... Read More
2022 Gotham Awards: ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ wins Best Feature and Supporting Performance for Ke Huy Quan
The 32nd annual Gotham Awards are being held tonight from Cipriani Wall Street in New York City where The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (November)
Can’t really find a reason to alter my top 5 in director just yet, although chatter about the holiday weekend box office of Steven Spielberg’s... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (November)
With both the Gothams and Spirit Awards announcing nominations, we’re just starting to see how some of these acting races and narratives can take early shape. Both groups have... Read More
‘Belfast’ and ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ lead 2022 European Film Awards (EFA) craft winners
Winners for Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Costume Design, Make-up and Hair, Original Score, Sound and Visual Effects, which are determined by an eight-member jury consisting... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)
With both the Gothams and Spirit Awards announcing nominations, we’re just starting to see how some of these acting races and narratives can take early shape. Both groups have... Read More
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Interview: Mascha Schilinski and Fabian Gamper on Crafting a Memory Piece and Exploring Transgenerational Trauma in ‘Sound of Falling’ 
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