Cannes 2021: Critics’ Week brings a French heavy lineup
After taking off a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Semaine de la Critique aka Critics’ Week, the Cannes Film Festival parallel festival dedicated to first and... 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.
2021 BAFTA TV Awards: Michaela Coel is the moment as ‘I May Destroy You’ dominates
After facing off at the BAFTA TV craft awards two weeks ago, Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You and Steve McQueen’s Small Axe went head... Read More
Interview: It’s Ziwe’s world, we’re just living in it
Stars don’t often rise as quickly as Ziwe Fumudoh, but the 29-year old actress, writer, mogul and icon has transformed the idea of late night... Read More
FX sets summer dates for new and returning shows including ‘Reservation Dogs,’ ‘American Horror Stories,’ ‘Impeachment’ and ‘What We Do In the Shadows’
FX today announced summer dates for the return of hit series’, the latest installments of signature franchises and the debut of four new shows. In... Read More
Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson tackle random access memories in ‘Reminiscence’ [Trailer]
From writer/director/producer Lisa Joy (HBO’s Westworld) comes Warner Bros. Pictures’ action thrillerReminiscence, starring Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson and Thandiwe Newton. Nick Bannister (Jackman), a private... Read More
2021 Cannes Film Festival Lineup: Big auteurs, expanded lineups and a record number of women filmmakers
24 titles were revealed this morning as in competition films for the 74th Cannes Film Festival, announced today by Thierry Frémaux, artistic director and general... Read More
First Look: Netflix’s animated music video series ‘We the People’ starring Janelle Monáe, Brandi Carlile, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more
The music video series is executive produced by Michelle and Barack Obama Combining music and animation to educate a new generation of young Americans about... Read More
2021 Cannes: Jodie Foster to be honored during Opening Ceremony
Academy Award winning actress and director Jodie Foster will be the Guest of honour at the Opening Ceremony of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, which... Read More
1091 Pictures acquires ‘Runt,’ final film from Cameron Boyce, for Fall 2021 release
1091 Pictures announced today it has acquired North American distribution rights to the feature thriller Runt. The film tells the story of a group of... Read More
2021 Emmy Predictions: Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
With eight slots and very few previous nominees and winners eligible, it’s open season for Saturday Night Live and freshman shows to dominate Regardless of... Read More
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