Interview: Laura Linney (‘Ozark’) and The Case of the Faulty Recorder
“Hi Erik, this is Laura Linney calling…” It’s every interviewer’s worst nightmare. You get to talk to someone whose work you’ve respected and admired for... 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.
Oscars: Academy elects Ava DuVernay to Board of Governors; re-ups Whoopi Goldberg, increases women and people of color numbers
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced its newly elected 2020–2021 Board of Governors. The governors will take office at the first regularly... Read More
Grammys: Recording Academy announces changes in R&B, Latin, Best New Artist categories and more
The Recording Academy® announced today that it has made major changes to several rules and guidelines that reflect its ongoing commitment to evolve with the musical... Read More
Peabody Awards: ‘When They See Us,’ ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Dolly Parton’s America’ among winners
The Peabody Awards have selected 30 winners as “the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019,” including HBO’s Watchmen... Read More
Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) launches virtual internship program
First ever virtual internship program to provide college students with film industry access, knowledge and experience will run June 8 – July 23 Today, the Independent... Read More
Trailer: Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter unite the world in ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’
William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. and Theodore “Ted” Logan are back. Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle aged best friends... Read More
Interview: In both ‘Succession’ and ‘Quiz,’ Matthew Macfadyen finds himself in the hot seat
From his early days at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London) at just 17-years old to his television breakthrough playing Hareton Earnshaw in... Read More
2020 BAFTA TV nominations: ‘Chernobyl’ leads, Colman snubbed for ‘The Crown’
HBO’s Chernobyl leads the 2020 Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards nominations, which were announced today, with a total... Read More
Cannes 2020 Official Selection Announced: ‘French Dispatch,’ ‘Soul,’ ‘Ammonite’ among titles
The 73rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival may not be happening but Cannes festival président Pierre Lescure and general delegate Thierry Frémaux are announcing... Read More
Talking Madonna with Erik and Abdi: Episode 12 – ‘MDNA’ (2012)
Madonna went four years between Hard Candy and MDNA, her longest gap between albums since Bedtime Stories to Ray of Light, but it might have... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (December) 
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