‘Respect’ moves to wide release over MLK weekend
MGM is taking full advantage of the Academy’s extended eligibility deadlines for next year’s Oscars and now plans to skip the platform release of the... 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.
Final 2020 Emmy Predictions: the COMEDY categories
Of the eight categories in the Comedy race cover, Kevin, Amanda and I only agree on one: all three of us are predicting the exact... Read More
Trailer: The sci-fi thriller ‘Sputnik’ from IFC Midnight
Due to her controversial methods, young doctor Tatiana Yurievna (Oksana Akinshina, Lilya 4-Ever) is on the precipice of losing her medical license. Her career may not... Read More
Emmy Podcast #35: Final Emmy predictions in Drama, Comedy, Limited Series
It’s been a minute. The AwardsWatch Emmy podcast return and at the top asking how my guests, Kevin Jacobson and Amanda Spears, have been coping... Read More
Spike Lee’s concert film of David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ to open the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival
Spike Lee’s filmed version of Byrne’s timely Broadway show will open TIFF on Thursday, September 10 HBO and Crave Presentation to air this fall TIFF... Read More
Here’s what’s coming to HBO Max this August (‘Lovecraft Country,’ ‘Birds of Prey’) and what’s leaving (‘Harry Potter,’ ‘Kill Bill’ series’)
Say hello to Oscar winners and nominees like Jojo Rabbit and Richard Jewell and goodbye to the Harry Potter and Kill Bill series’ this August.... Read More
Sony Classics sets new fall date for Michael Covino’s ‘The Climb’
Sony Pictures Classics announced today that they will now release Michael Covino’s The Climb in New York and Los Angeles theaters on October 9, 2020, with additional cities to... Read More
Trailer: ‘BLACK IS KING,’ a film by Beyoncé
Distribution Deal Announced to Make Film Available Across Africa with MultiChoice Group’s M-Net and Canal+ Afrique Timed to Global Debut of Film on Disney+ Today, Parkwood Entertainment... Read More
Emmy Predictions: Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
One of the truly most varied categories of any at the Emmys, even in its infancy, Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) houses everything from stand-up comedy... Read More
Chinonye Chukwu’s ‘Clemency’ to stream for free across multiple platforms through July 31
Actor Alfre Woodard joins writer/activist/co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global movement Patrisse Cullors in a virtual conversation Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Beginning today through Friday, July 31st,... Read More
On the Shelf: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Snakes on a Plane,’ ‘Death on the Nile’ and New Criterions Highlight the 4K Physical Media Releases for the Week of January 19 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 327 – Final Oscar Nomination Predictions for the 98th Academy Awards 
Online Film and Television Association (OFTA) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 23 
‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘The Secret Agent’ Lead International Cinephile Society (ICS) Nominations