First out of the gate, National Board of Review sets awards date
The National Board of Review (NBR), the oldest film awards organization in the US, will be the first to hand out prizes for films of... 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.
TIFF: Roadside Attractions picks up Sebastian Stan-led Vietnam war film ‘The Last Full Measure’
Roadside Attractions, a sister company of Lionsgate, has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to Todd Robinson’s The Last Full Measure, which recounts an extraordinary, untold story... Read More
Oscars: Kathleen Kennedy, Marvin Levy, Frank Marshall, Lalo Schifrin, Cicely Tyson to receive Honorary Oscars
Kennedy is the first woman to receive the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award; Levy is the first publicist to receive an Honorary Oscar. The Board... Read More
Willem Dafoe as Vincent van Gogh in first trailer for Julian Schabel’s ‘At Eternity’s Gate’
“Sometimes they say I’m mad but, a grain of madness is the best of art.” From Academy Award-nominated director Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and... Read More
Paul Greengrass takes on Norway’s deadliest terrorist attack in trailer for ’22 July’
Director Paul Greengrass is not one to shy away from difficult material. While he’s given us blockbusters in the Bourne franchise, he’s probably most known... Read More
Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz in new trailer for ‘The Favourite’
“We are at war.” “We won!” “No, it is not over, we must continue.” “Oh! Oh, I did not know that.” So begins the darkly... Read More
Telluride: ‘The Front Runner’ is most definitely not
Jason Reitman’s second film of 2018 after his critically raved Tully this spring is not being met with quite the same response, unfortunate that a... Read More
Interview: Darko Štante, director of TIFF world premiere ‘Consequences’
Darko Štante was born in 1975 in Ljubljana. He graduated from the Facultyof Social Work at the University of Ljubljana. At the moment, he is... Read More
‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Yes, says Telluride
Melissa McCarthy is earning the best reviews of her career for Can You Ever Forgive Me?, which just premiered at Telluride, certainly since her Oscar-nominated... Read More
‘Boy Erased’ means well but falters at Telluride
Joel Edgerton’s Boy Erased made its world premiere at Telluride but without its star, Lucas Hedges, in tow. He was busy with a play in... Read More
St. Louis Film Critics Association (StLFCA) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Dominates 
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Share Most Wins 
Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Tops for Best Film, Director 
Producers Guild Awards Nominations for Sports, Children’s and Short-Form Programs