‘First Man’ soars as the Venice International Film Festival opens
The 75th Venice International Film Festival kicked off with the world premiere of First Man from Academy Award winner Damien Chazelle. The film is his... 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), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) 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.
Interview: Marci Rodgers, costume designer behind the 70s duds in ‘BlacKkKlansman’
Marci Rodgers always wanted to be a costume designer but she didn’t start out that way. While studying law at Howard University she would often... Read More
‘The Other Side of the Wind,’ the final film from Orson Welles, is finally here. Watch the trailer now.
In 1970, legendary director Orson Welles (CITIZEN KANE) began filming what would ultimately be his final cinematic opus with a cast of Hollywood luminaries including... Read More
‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Broad City’ win early Emmy Awards
The Creative Arts Emmys are still two weeks away but juried awards have already been announced including The Simpsons, which picks up outstanding individual achievement... Read More
Sean Penn heads to Mars in trailer for Hulu original series ‘The First’
“They all say the same thing, I’ll believe it when I see it. But that’s backwards. Belief comes first, only then can you see it.... Read More
Jeff Bridges, Jon Hamm, Cynthia Erivo and Chris Hemsworth rai in new trailer for ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’
All Roads Lead Here. 20th Century FOX has released a new trailer and the official poster for BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE, the story of seven strangers... Read More
First look: Trailer Nadine Labaki’s Cannes-winning ‘Capharnaüm’
The trailer for Nadine Labaki’s Jury Prize winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival is here and we have your first look. Capharnaüm tells the... Read More
Natalie Portman takes the stage in first clip of ‘Vox Lux’
In this very brief first look, Academy Award winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan) takes the stage (we only see her from the back) in Vox... Read More
First ‘Suspiria’ clip has Tilda Swinton telling Dakota Johnson to “improvise freely”
In this first look clip of Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria, Madame Blanc (Tilda Swinton) outlines plans for a new dance, a piece about “rebirths,” in which Susie... Read More
Interview: Barry Alexander Brown, Oscar-nominated director and film editor of ‘BlacKkKlansman’
Barry Alexander Brown has worked as a Director, Editor and Writer in documentaries and feature films for both film and television for over thirty years.... Read More
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