Trailer: Beanie Feldstein in ‘How to Build a Girl’
Based on the bestselling novel by Caitlyn Moran (who also wrote the screenplay), How to Build a Girl follows Johana Morrigan (Beanie Feldstein) a bright,... 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.
First Look: Netflix’s ‘Space Force’ sets a course for May
Netflix’s new comedy series starring Steve Carell will premiere May 29, 2020 From co-creators Steve Carell and Greg Daniels (The Office) comes a new kind... Read More
California Film Institute teams up with Variety for DocLands Film Festival
The California Film Institute (CFI) has partnered with Variety to exclusively stream the 2020 DocLands Documentary Film Festival featuring an interactive virtual Q&A with filmmakers live... Read More
‘Mulan,’ ‘Black Widow,’ ‘French Dispatch’ and more get new release dates
Disney has announced a huge batch of new release dates for their spring and summer releases that were upended by the global pandemic of the... Read More
Focus Features to stream its classic titles free on Facebook for “Movie Mondays”
Films will feature Q&As and livewatch parties with filmmakers Julian Fellowes, Kevin Smith and Wes Anderson Focus Features announced today that it is pivoting from... Read More
First Look: Ryan Murphy’s sumptuous new limited series ‘Hollywood’ for Netflix flips the script on race, gender and sexuality
The Golden Age of Hollywood gets a major makeover with the new limited series from one of television’s biggest directing and producing icons, Ryan Murphy... Read More
Emmy Podcast #34: Will Comedy Series be a ‘Schitt’ Fest?
In this era of quarantine it’s time for some levity. Or at least some Levy. Kevin Jacobsen and Amanda Spears return for this podcast, covering the... Read More
Retro Review: ‘Lantana’ (2002)
lantana (lan-tan-uh) n: a genus of tropical shrub with small, colorful blooms that hide a dense, thorny undergrowth. Lantana opens with a camera pushing through... Read More
Retro Review: ‘The Deep End’ (2001)
A mother’s work is never done. In fact, what does a mom do all day? Well, if you’re Margaret Hall in The Deep End, between... Read More
Retro Review: ‘Series 7: The Contenders’ (2001)
Reality meets satire in this completely insane and hysterical movie about the depths we will sink to and call it entertainment. The title refers to... Read More
Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 12 
Delroy Lindo, Michelle Satter, Sony Pictures Among African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) Honorees 
Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Park Chan-wook, Josh O’Connor and More 
Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Winners: ‘Sinners,’ Eva Victor Triumph