‘The 1619 Project’ docuseries to debut on Hulu
Docuseries Will Be First Offering From Lionsgate Collaboration With The New York Times, Oprah Winfrey and Nikole Hannah-Jones on Pulitzer Prize-Winning Project Academy Award-winning filmmaker... 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.
Oscars: From ‘Promising Young Woman’ to ‘The White Tiger’ – read all 10 Oscar-nominated screenplays
Every film begins with the written word; pen to paper, fingers to keyboard. Whether it’s adapted from a book or a play or a previous... Read More
‘What Lies West’ by Jessica Ellis hits VOD May 11
What Lies West, the new film from Bay Area filmmaker Jessica Ellis, will hit VOD services on May 11 from Passion River Films. A contemporary... Read More
‘Mank,’ ‘Tenet’ among 1st Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) winners
The 1st Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) revealed their winners on Wednesday with Mank, Promising Young Woman, Tenet and The Prom taking home prizes.... Read More
SFFILM adds ‘Language Lessons,’ Vanessa Kirby tribute, live show by Rock M. Sakura, an Oscar chat and more to film festival
The San Francisco International Film Festival is the longest-running film festival in the Americas SFFILM announced today additional programming for the upcoming 2021 San Francisco International Film... Read More
Oscars: Who got nominated with what precursors this season and who missed out
Every year, as we collate, organize and hypothesize who will get Oscar nominations and why we look at what precursors each performer has gotten and... Read More
Focus Features acquires ‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’ with Lesley Manville and Isabelle Huppert
Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris out of the European Film Market this year. In partnership with the House of... Read More
‘Zola’ trailer: There’s some hoeism in this house
“Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out?” From A24 and acclaimed writer/director Janicza Bravo, comes Zola, a stranger... Read More
Trailer: ‘The Mitchells vs. The Machines’ gets connected
Netflix has released the trailer and release date for The Mitchells vs. The Machines, set to premiere on April 30. From the creators of the... Read More
FX sets premiere date for six-part docuseries ‘Pride’ directed by Andrew Ahn, Cheryl Dunye and more
Episodes directed by Tom Kalin, Andrew Ahn, Cheryl Dunye, Anthony Caronna, Alex Smith, Yance Ford, and Ro Haber FX today announced the premiere date for Pride,... Read More
Chloé Zhao, NiaDaCosta, Geeta Gandbhir to Receive Honors at 2026 Sundance Institute Fundraiser 
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA): ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins 5 
Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards: Ludwig Göransson (‘Sinners’) and Diane Warren (“Dear Me”) Lead Nominations 
International Press Academy Satellite Awards Nominations: ‘Sinners,’ One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ Lead