2018 Emmys: Structured Reality Program
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Outstanding Structured Reality Program is one that sees a lot of repetition year to year. There are only 47 possible nominees... 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.
2018 Emmys: Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] How hard is it to be the host or hostess with the mostess? Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program,... Read More
SFMOMA and SFFILM Present Modern Cinema – Black Powers: Reframing Hollywood
If you live in or near the San Francisco Bay Area this month is going to be a real cinephiles dream. Modern Cinema, with the... Read More
2019 Oscars: The State of the Foreign Language Film Oscar race
The Foreign Language Film Oscar is fully underway with the Berlin and Cannes Film Festivals already providing us with a wealth of contenders and plenty... Read More
2019 Oscars: Official Submissions for the Foreign Language Film Oscar
Belarus’s Crystal Swan, the first Foreign Language Film submission for the 2019 Oscars This is the official submission list for countries entering the Foreign Language... Read More
Interview with T Cooper director of trans bodybuilders doc ‘Man Made’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Man Made takes us into the heart of transgender male (FTM) culture, revealing unexpected truths about gender, masculinity, humanity and love.... Read More
2019 Oscars: With RBG, Mr. Rogers and Whitney Houston, box office and popularity are shaping the Documentary Feature Oscar race
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] We may only be halfway through the year but we’ve already got a handful of high-profile Documentary Feature Oscar contenders and,... Read More
Belarus enters Foreign Language Film Oscar race first with Karlovy Vary premiere ‘Crystal Swan’
Belarus is the first country out of the gate to officially submit for the Foreign Language Film Oscar race for the 91st Academy Awards with... Read More
Trailer for ‘We the Animals,’ one of the year’s best films and the Centerpiece of Outfest LA
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] After hugely successful runs at Sundance, Tribeca and Frameline so far, We the Animals will be coming to a theater near... Read More
14th Traverse City Film Festival to feature ‘The Eyes of Orson Welles, Ethan Hawke’s ‘Blaze’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] For the last decade and a half, Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine) has brought world-class films and filmmakers to... Read More
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