WATCH: Three clips from Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ featuring John David Washington, Topher Grace, Adam Driver and Laura Harrier
Focus Features has dropped three clips from the upcoming Spike Lee joint BlacKkKlansman and I’ve got them here for you. BlacKkKlansman tells the 1970s era... 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.
Ava DuVernay’s ‘Central Park Five’ Adds Niecy Nash, Aunjanue Ellis, Storm Reid and more
Niecy Nash, Aunjanue Ellis and Storm Reid join ‘Central Park Five’ from Ava DuVernay [divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] In what is already an embarrassment of... Read More
Bille August to head 40th Cairo International Film Festival Jury
Photo Credit: Photo AGF s.r.l./REX Shutterstock Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) announced that Cannes-winning Danish director Bille August will be Jury President of the International... Read More
2018 Fall Festivals: Where We Are in the Oscar Race
The main fall festivals, Venice, Telluride and Toronto, always clue us in on how the studios position their 4th quarter films in terms of box... Read More
‘Stan & Ollie’ Biopic Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly to Close London Film Festival
Stan & Ollie has been chosen to close the 62nd BFI London Film Festival, which will run October 10th – October 21th. The biopic tells... Read More
Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart have an axe to grind in ‘Lizzie’ trailer
Tomorrow marks the 126th year anniversary of the infamous 1892 axe murder of the Borden family in Fall River, Massachusetts. Based on the true story,... Read More
Interview: Cort L. Hessler III, Emmy-winning stunt coordinator of ‘The Blacklist’ (and nominated again this year!)
Emmy-winning stunt coordinator Cort L. Hessler III got his start in Florida, where he grew up, at Disney when the theme park came to his... Read More
First trailer for Barry Jenkins’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ commemorates James Baldwin’s birthday
The long-awaited trailer to Barry Jenkins’ follow-up to his Oscar-winning Moonlight is here. Jenkins has long been one of James Baldwin’s most ardent fans and... Read More
Sanaa Lathan lets her hair down in trailer for ‘Nappily Ever After’
“When I was a kid, my hair was everything. I had to be fixed, only then was I perfect.” Based on Trisha R. Thomas’ best-selling... Read More
Xavier Dolan’s ‘The Death and Life of John F. Donovan’ to World Premiere at TIFF 2018
Photo credit: TIFF [divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The Toronto International Film Festival® today revealed Xavier Dolan’s The Death and Life of John F. Donovan will have its World... Read More
San Francisco Film Critics (SFBAFCC) Nominations: ‘One Battle,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ Lead 
Costume Designers Guild (CGD): ‘Weapons,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Score Nominations 
Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley 
Rhea Seehorn Breaks Down Carol’s Existential Loneliness as the Last Woman in Albuquerque in Episode 7 of ‘Pluribus’