GKIDS dates Cannes premiere ‘Mirai’ for 2018 US theatrical release
GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, announced it will theatrically release Mirai in theaters on Friday, November 30, 2018. The film... 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.
Interview: Bill Groom, Emmy-winning production designer for ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’
Bill Groom is no stranger to the Emmys, he’s a four-time winner for HBO’s Boardwalk Empire. With its expansive sets and designs of Atlantic City,... Read More
Oscar Podcast #67: Academy Drops Bombshell New Category; Shortens Telecast, Moves Some Awards to Commercial Breaks with guest Daniel Joyaux
There are some major changes coming to the very next Oscars ceremony…and they’re not good. Yesterday, the Academy, in a bombshell announcement, revealed that they... Read More
2018 TIFF Documentary Linnep Includes New Michael Moore, Errol Morris, Frederick Wiseman
Slate includes new works from Alexis Bloom, Rashida Jones & Alan Hicks, Werner Herzog & André Singer, E. Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, Vitaly Mansky,... Read More
2018 TIFF Midnight Madness Scares Up ‘Climax,’ World Premieres of ‘Halloween,’ ‘The Predator’
Midnight Madness has just announced its explosive lineup of films for the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival. Screening to an audience of die-hard film fans... Read More
The Oscars add ‘Popular Film’ category, shorten telecast, move some awards to commercial breaks
There are some major changes coming to very next Oscars telecast and ceremony On Tuesday night, the Board of Governors convened to re-elect current president... Read More
2018 TIFF Platform includes Karyn Kusama’s ‘Destroyer’ with Nicole Kidman and Sebastian Stan
The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled today the 12 feature films that comprise the Platform lineup for 2018, including the police drama Destroyer from Karyn... Read More
House of Cards’ Final Season Returns to Netflix on November 2
“History is written by the victors” — Winston Churchill After a long delay in production due to the firing of Kevin Spacey for sexual misconduct... Read More
Review: Glenn Close is Oscar-worthy in ‘The Wife’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] No one can do a cold stare like Glenn Close. Throughout her new film, The Wife, Close, in a career-defining and... Read More
56th New York Film Festival brings Coen Brothers, Barry Jenkins, Claire Denis, Cannes winners
The New York Film Festival has announced the main slate for its 56th and it features a wealth of NYFF favorites like Jean-Luc Godard (his... Read More
With Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Winning an Oscar, Which Multi-Nominee is Next? 
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Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23