Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) nominations: ‘Marriage Story’ leads
The divorce drama leads with seven nominations, followed by Ad Astra, 1917 and The Farewell with five apiece The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) have... 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.
The first trailer for Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ finds John David Washington and Robert Pattinson in a time warp
“Welcome to the afterlife.” Warner Bros has dropped the first full trailer for Tenet, Christopher Nolan’s next summer blockbuster and it’s another mindbender in the... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (December)
Supporting Actor is weird this year. Seemingly stacked, perceived locks, four contenders who have secured Critics Choice, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations…but who’s... Read More
‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Little Women,’ ‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Watchmen’ earn USC Scripter nominations
The nominations for the 32nd annual USC Scripter Award for best film and television adaptations were announced Wednesday morning by the USC Libraries and Jojo... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: PRODUCTION and COSTUME DESIGN (December)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is storming through the guild nominations and it continues its hold of the top spots in both categories this... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (December)
Not a lot surprises in what made the final cut for Makeup and Hairstyling or Visual Effects with the exception of The Irishman only making... Read More
2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (December)
Two more categories the Oscar shortlists gave us, Original Score and Original Song, showed some possible directions the Academy as a whole might be going.... Read More
2020 Oscars: 344 Films Eligible for 92nd Academy Awards
344 feature films are eligible for the 2020 Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. To be eligible for 92nd... Read More
London Film Critics Circle Nominations: ‘The Souvenir’ leads
The London Film Critics Circle nominations are out and Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir leads the pack with seven mentions including Film of the Year. Curiously... Read More
Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS) Awards: ‘1917’ wins 5 but ‘Joker’ takes Best Picture
Joker has been named Best Picture and Joaquin Phoenix Best Actor by the Phoenix Film Critics Society (PFCS). The WWI epic 1917, however, was the... Read More
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’