Talking Madonna with Erik and Abdi: Episode 13 – ‘REBEL HEART’ (2015)
“Never look back, it’s a waste of time” is a major theme of Rebel Heart, both the 13th album by Madonna and the title track... 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.
Since the beginning of the 2000s, when we were still unaware that the relation of contemporary cinema to its own memory would be shaken up... Read More
Saban Films acquires Tribeca selection ‘The Stand-In’ with Drew Barrymore in a dual role
Saban Films announced today that they have acquired North American rights to Emmy® Award nominee Jamie Babbit’s (The Quiet, But I’m a Cheerleader) The Stand-In. In a... Read More
Lynn Shelton ‘Of a Certain Age’ grant to launch in 2020
GRANT TO BENEFIT WOMEN AND NON-BINARYFILMMAKERS AGE 39 OR OLDER To honor the legacy of beloved filmmaker Lynn Shelton, Seattle’s Northwest Film Forum, alongside Duplass... Read More
Telluride Film Festival canceled amidst coronavirus fear
The 47th edition of the Telluride Film Festival has been canceled. See full announcement below. After months of intense due diligence around physically holding an... Read More
Emmy Predictions: Original Music & Lyrics
First off, what seems like a surefire contender – “L to the OG” by Nicholas Britell from HBO’s Succession was not on the final official... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (July)
Is Disney going to throw away it’s shot? Let’s address this up front; there is still so much up in the air about Hamilton‘s eligibility... Read More
‘Better Things’ renewed for a fifth season; creator Pamela Adlon inks overall deal with FX
Pamela Adlon has signed a new overall deal with FX Productions, extending a creative partnership that, with FX’s Better Things, has already generated one of the... Read More
‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Watchmen’ lead 2020 TCA nominations
Netflix’s Unbelievable and HBO’s Watchmen limited series’ led the nominations for the 2020 Television Critics Association (TCA) today, earning four apiece, including Outstanding Achievement in... Read More
Academy Museum appoints Ryan Murphy, Olivier de Givenchy, Regina K. Scully and more to Board of Trustees
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced the addition of six new members to its Board of Trustees: Patricia S. Bellinger, Arnaud Boetsch, Olivier... Read More
Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC): Eva Victor Dominates with Five Nominations for ‘Sorry, Baby’ 
2026 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (December) 
The Oscars Move to YouTube Beginning in 2029 
Chloé Zhao, NiaDaCosta, Geeta Gandbhir to Receive Honors at 2026 Sundance Institute Fundraiser