North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA): ‘Once Upon a Time…’ leads nominations
The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) has announced its nominations for the best in film for 2019 and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time... Read More
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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.
Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) nominations: ‘The Irishman,’ Once Upon a Time…,’ ‘Marriage Story, ‘ ‘Parasite’ lead
Winners will be announced on January 6th The nominations for the 23rd Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) year-end awards were announced today and The Irishman... Read More
Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) winners: ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’ wins Best Picture, Director for Céline Sciamma
The Florida Film Critics Circle has awarded Portrait of a Lady on Fire its Best Picture prize. The French language period piece tied with Marriage Story for the most... Read More
Online Association of Female Film Critics winners: ‘Parasite,’ Lulu Wang, Shia LaBeouf and more
Parasite has been chosen as the Best Film of 2019 by the Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) with Bong Joon Ho also picking... Read More
Utah Film Critics Association goes for ‘Parasite,’ ‘Marriage Story’
The Utah Film Critics Association have South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite three awards, including Best Picture of 2019. The film was also recognized as Best... Read More
First look: Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin asking for a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T
MGM released the first official look of Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin, singing Franklin’s signature song (and the film’s title) Respect. Respect follows the rise... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (December)
The last official Best Picture Oscar predictions of the year (plus a Frontrunner Friday next week) and where do we stand? Without a true frontrunner,... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (December)
Lupita is coming. With still more to come, Lupita Nyong’o has dominated the critics awards this season for her stunning dual performance in Jordan Peele’s... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (December)
Since the last Best Director predictions we’ve had dozens of critics awards and the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards nominations, including their director picks... Read More
Oscar Podcast #77: Discussing the Oscar Shortlists with guest Will Mavity
The Oscar shortlists dropped earlier this week in nine categories: Original Score, Original Song, Makeup and Hairstyling, Visual Effects, Documentary Feature, International Feature Film, Documentary... Read More
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