Frontrunner Friday: ‘The Irishman,’ ‘1917,’ ‘Richard Jewell,’ light up the Oscar race
It’s the first Frontrunner Friday of the 2019-2020 Oscar season and for good reason: since the September Oscar predictions we’ve had Netflix’s The Irishman screen... 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.
AFI FEST sets Apple’s ‘The Banker’ as Closing Night Film
The Apple film, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie, set as Closing Night Film for 33rd Edition of AFI FEST The 33rd edition of AFI... Read More
Screen Actors Guild Predictions (Motion Picture)
What do we know about the Screen Actors Guild when it comes to nominations? First, the group represents about 160,000 actors, radio personalities, even puppeteers.... Read More
Clint Eastwood takes aim at the US government and the media in first ‘Richard Jewell’ trailer
“There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes.” The world was first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security guard who reported... Read More
International Documentary Association (IDA) announces awards timeline
One of awards season’s high profile film events in Hollywood, the International Documentary Association’s 35th IDA Documentary Awards set for Saturday, December 7, is the... Read More
POP TV announces immersive ‘Schitt’s Creek’ pop-up experience
The events will bring iconic locations from Schitt’s Creek to New York and Los Angeles Pop TV announced on Tuesday “Visit Schitt’s Creek” – an... Read More
Key West Film Festival to honor Oscar-nominated costume designer Arianne Phillips
Phillips will receive the 4th annual Golden Key for Costume Design Award from the Florida fest 2019 FESTIVAL RUNS NOVEMBER 20TH – 24TH New York, NY... Read More
Senegal selects ‘Atlantics’ for International Feature Film Oscar
Grand Prix winner Mati Diop made history as the first black female director to compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in... Read More
From Porsche to McDonald’s to Samsung, Lucasfilm planning sweepstakes, massive promo push for ‘Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker’
Lucasfilm announced today that they are joining forces with eight of the world’s most iconic and best-in-class brands—Porsche, Bose, United Airlines, General Electric, McDonald’s, Samsung Mobile, General Mills,... Read More
Violence is a girl’s best friend in first trailer for ‘Birds of Prey’
Spunky, funky and punky best describes the first trailer for Birds of Prey, starring Academy Award nominee Margot Robbie (I, Tonya) as Harley Quinn, getting... Read More
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