Columbus Film Critics Association nominations: ‘Minari’ leads with 10
Lee Isaac Chung’s thoughtful American dream drama Minari led the 2020 Columbus Film Critics Association nominations on Sunday with 10 mentions, including Best Film, Best... Read More
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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.
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Chicago Indie Critics: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ dominates with 7 wins including Best Film; Chadwick Boseman earns three awards
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, directed by George C. Wolfe and adapted from August Wilson’s stage play, dominated this year’s CIC Awards, winning seven of its... Read More
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Happy New Year, everyone! We made it out of 2020 but it doesn’t mean that Oscar predictions fall by the wayside just because we’re all... Read More
Greater Western New York Critics winners: ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Sound of Metal,’ ‘Minari’
The Greater Western New York Critics announced their winners on Thursday and Nomadland was the runaway champ with 5 wins (from its six nominations) including... Read More
Alliance of Women Film Journalists nominations go mad for ‘Nomadland,’ ‘One Night in Miami,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists announced the nominees for their 2020 EDA awards on Wednesday with Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland leading the way, gathering nine... Read More
Trailer: Justin Timberlake takes a gender non-conforming child under his wing in ‘Palmer’
The Apple TV+ original film debuts in January Former high-school football star Eddie Palmer (Academy Award nominee Justin Timberlake) went from hometown hero to convicted... Read More
North Carolina Film Critics: ‘Da 5 Bloods’ tops nomination list with 7
The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) announced their nominations on Monday and Spike Lee’s summer streaming hit Da 5 Bloods found gold with a... Read More
Interview: In ‘Driveways,’ Andrew Ahn longs for connection [VIDEO]
Whether it’s his short films, his award-winning feature breakthrough Spa Night or his latest film, Driveways, the creation of connection between people is at the... Read More
Chicago Indie Critics nominations: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ leads with 9
The Chicago Indie Critics announced their nominations on Monday and leading all films with an impressive nine nods was Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom helmed by Best... Read More
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