‘Avengers,’ ‘Lost in Space,’ ‘Incredibles 2’ lead Visual Effects Society (VES) nominations, ‘Black Panther’ shut out
Avengers: Infinity War, Christopher Robin, Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Welcome to Marwen will compete for the Visual Effects Society’s top... 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.
USC Scripter nominees: ‘Leave No Trace,’ ‘Beale Street,’ ‘Death of Stalin’
The USC Scripter honors the adapted screenplays for film and television plus the authors of the source material they’re adapted from. Today, the USC Libraries... Read More
2018-2019 Guild-Industry-Televised Awards: Where We Stand
We now have the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice winners with PGA, DGA, SAG and BAFTA to come. Here is where the Best Picture,... Read More
Brad Pitt hosts ‘Beale Street’ Reception, Screening as Oscar Voting
This weekend, Los Angeles was lit up by stars on the ground as the final weekend of Oscar campaigning for nominations resulted in a supernova... Read More
Critics’ Choice Awards: ‘ROMA,’ ‘Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘The Americans’ come out on top
ROMA has won the Critics’ Choice for the Best Picture of 2018 from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The film won four awards, the most... Read More
Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) names ‘A Star Is Born’ Best Picture
The Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) has named Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut, A Star Is Born, the best film of 2018. The film also picked... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: ‘BlacKkKlansman’ back on top; ‘A Star Is Born’ is a guild monster
It’s been a week. Throngs of guild nomination announcements came in, continuing to help shape the Oscar race. Sunday was the Golden Globes, the first... Read More
Guild of Music Supervisors Nominations: ‘A Star Is Born,’ Black Panther,’ ‘Love, Simon’
The Guild of Music Supervisors has revealed their nominations for music supervision and songs in multiple categories based on film budget. A Star Is Born,... Read More
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards: ‘ROMA’ wins 5
Alfonso Cuarón’s deeply personal story ROMA, has won five awards from the Alliance of Women Film Journalist, the group announced today. The Favourite and Can... Read More
Jake Gyllenhaal reunites with Dan Gilroy in freaky af trailer for ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’
High art meets high horror in Velvet Buzzsaw, the new film from Dan Gilroy (Roman J. Israel, Esq.) that reunites him with his Nightcrawler stars... Read More
USC Scripter Nominations: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Train Dreams,’ ‘Slow Horses,’ ‘Death by Lightning’ and More 
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Basic Instinct 2’ and ‘The Departed’ (2006) 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 14 
On the Shelf: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’ trilogy, ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,’ ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia,’ ‘Walking Tall’ and the ‘Babe’ Films Arrive on 4K Blu-ray Releases for Week of December 15