New trailer for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’
Hot off the heels of the announcement that Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah will world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Warner... 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.
Sundance 2021 adds ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ as world premiere
The nonprofit Sundance Institute today added two more world premiere feature films to the 2021 Sundance Film Festival lineup. Shaka King’s Fred Hampton film Judas and... Read More
Spike Lee’s children Satchel and Jackson Lee named as Golden Globe Ambassadors
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has named Satchel and Jackson Lee, children of legendary filmmaker and three-time Golden Globe nominee Spike Lee with producer... Read More
London Film Critics nominations: ‘Saint Maud’ leads with 8
The London Film Critics Circle revealed its nominations on Tuesday and Rose Glass’s unholy horror Saint Maud led the field with eight mentions, including Film... Read More
Gotham Awards winners: ‘Nomadland’ is Best Feature, Nicole Beharie is Best Actress
The 30th Gotham Awards were handed out on Monday night and Nomadland continued its winning streak by taking Best Feature here. Miss Juneteenth‘s Nicole Beharie... Read More
Discussing Film Critics winners: ‘Minari’ named Best Picture; ‘Promising Young Woman’ nabs Best Actress, Original Screenplay
The 2nd Discussing Film Critics Awards, comprised of a diverse range of critics from publications including Variety, The Independent, and more, have named Lee Isaac... Read More
Houston Film Critics nominations: ‘Minari’ leads with 7
Minari, director Lee Isaac Chung’s study of a family from Korea starting a farm in Arkansas, led nominees for the 14th annual awards from the Houston Film Critics... Read More
San Diego Film Critics give love to ‘Promising Young Woman,’ ‘Sound of Metal’
Promising Young Woman is on a roll. The same day it won Best Picture from the Music City Film Critics Association, the San Diego Film... Read More
Music City Critics winners: ‘Promising Young Woman’ is Best Picture
Focus Features’ Promising Young Woman may have only had four nominations from the Music City Film Critics Association but it still pulled off a surprise... Read More
Trailer: Andra Day sings the blues in ‘The United States vs Billie Holiday’
Hulu has released the first trailer for Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday, its last minute pickup from Paramount Pictures, detailing a decade... Read More
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