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
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.
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
Trailer: Zendaya and John David Washington burn up the screen in ‘Malcolm & Marie’
This is not a love story. This is a story about love. Writer/Director Sam Levinson (Euphoria) teams up with Emmy Award winner Zendaya (Euphoria) and... Read More
Columbus Film Critics name ‘Promising Young Woman’ in Best Film, Carey Mulligan is Best Actress
The Columbus Film Critics Association (COFCA) surprised on Thursday, naming Emerald Fennell’s debut film Promising Young Woman the best film of 2020. Its star Carey... Read More
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle names ‘Minari’ Best Picture, Chloé Zhao Best Director
The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle has named Minari the best film of 2020, with Yuh-Jung Youn winning another supporting actress prize. Chloé Zhao continued her... Read More
Interview: Director Kornél Mundruczó and writer Kata Wéber on putting the delicate and personal puzzle of ‘Pieces of a Woman’ together
Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó’s latest feature, Pieces of a Woman, premiered at Venice 2020 to great reviews and a Best Actress Volpi Cup win for... Read More
Houston Film Critics Society announces independent film awards nominees, first TV special
Five Texas-made films have been named by the Houston Film Critics Society as nominees for its annual Texas Independent Film Awards (TIFA). For the first... Read More
Trailer: Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor get ‘Locked Down’ in COVID-era rom-com
The film premieres on HBO Max Thursday, January 14 Today, HBO Max debuted the first trailer for Locked Down, the new original feature film from Warner Bros. Pictures and... Read More
Alliance of Women Film Journalists choose ‘Nomadland,’ Emerald Fennell, Radha Blank for top film awards
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) named Nomadland the best film of 2020 as well as Chloé Zhao for best director and star Frances... Read More
Final Additions to South by Southwest Film & TV Festival (SXSW), Including ‘Love Language,’ ‘Cookie Queens’ and ‘The Fox’ 
Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Unveils Recipients for Inaugural Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology 
41st Spirit Awards Winner Predictions: In One of the Least Oscary Years in a Decade, it’s Anyone’s Game 
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol on the Unlikely, Legally-Challenged Journey of Getting ‘Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie’ to the Big Screen [VIDEO INTERVIEW]