Natasha Rothwell among Sundance Institute 2021 Screenwriters Lab Fellows
Fifteen emerging storytellers from Chile, India, Kenya, Tunisia and the U.S. will convene digitally for Sundance Institute’s January Screenwriters Lab, taking place online via Sundance... 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.
FX orders Sex Pistols limited series with Danny Boyle directing
The series is set to star Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, Louis Partridge, Jacob Slater, Fabien Frankel, Dylan Llewellyn, Maisie Williams, Sydney Chandler and Emma Appleton FX... Read More
St. Louis Film Critics nominations: ‘Promising Young Woman’ and ‘Mank’ lead
The St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) revealed their nominations on Sunday, where Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman and David Fincher’s Mank topped the list... Read More
National Society of Film Critics give ‘Nomadland’ Best Pic; Raci and Bakalova continue awards run
The National Society of Film Critics’ 55th annual awards have named Nomadland the best picture of 2020. The top three films (First Cow and Never... Read More
In ‘Malcolm & Marie,’ Zendaya and John David Washington are ready to kick down Oscars’ door
It’s not often that film work gets compared the days of John Cassavetes/Gena Rowlands/Ben Gazzara but that’s exactly what happened on Friday night when Netflix... Read More
Casting Society Artios Awards Television nominations: ‘The Morning Show,’ ‘The Mandalorian,’ ‘Pose’ earn nods
The Casting Society of America on Friday unveiled nominations for its 36th annual Artios Awards in the categories of television (comedy, drama, limited series), non-theatrical feature film, theater, short... Read More
San Diego Film Critics nominations: ‘Sound of Metal’ leads with 8
The San Diego Film Critics Society announced their nominations on Friday and Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal earned a field-best eight mentions, including best picture,... Read More
Trailer: Naomi Watts finds aviary friendship and recovery in ‘Penguin Bloom’
Netflix has released the trailer for one of their latest pickups, Penguin Bloom, which debuted at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2013, Samantha... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: It’s a New Dawn, it’s a New Day
The new year is bringing us the final pieces of the Oscar puzzle, even if we’re nearly four months away from the big show itself.... Read More
North Dakota Critics nominations: ‘Mank’ leads with 8
The North Dakota Film Society announced their nominations on Friday and David Fincher’s Mank received 8 mentions, the most of any film, although it failed... Read More
Oscar Shortlists: ‘Sinners’ and ‘Wicked: For Good’ Net Most Mentions, ‘Sirāt’ Makes Sound Waves 
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