2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (June) – Timothée Chalamet Hits the top 5; Cannes winner Joaquin Phoenix Debuts
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Unsurprisingly, Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) remains atop the list with a perfect score of 100, just as he did last month,... 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.
2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (June) – Spielberg is Tops; Sean Baker, Jordan Peele, Sofia Coppola Debut
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] As with Best Picture, Todd Haynes enjoyed a single month at #1 with Wonderstruck but falls all the way down to... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (June) – Pentagon Papers Pic is #1, Call Me By Your Name Rises, Florida Project Debuts
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] What a difference a month makes. Wonderstruck, which had been a top 5 contender all year and landed at #1 last... Read More
Netflix Acquires ‘The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Netflix announced today that it has acquired worldwide rights to David France’s The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, a... Read More
Oscar Profile: Murder on the Orient Express
“If there was a murder, then there was a murderer. The murderer is with us — and every one of you is a suspect.” Murder... Read More
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba brave ‘The Mountain Between Us’ in first trailer
A girl. A boy. And a dog. Thrills and chills punctuate the first trailer for the adventure saga The Mountain Between Us starring Oscar-winner Kate... Read More
Oscar Podcast #54: Post-Cannes Wrap Up and the State of the Oscar Race
Finally! After two months of no podcasts, I return for #54 with special guests Júlia Guimaraes and David Acacia. David is an AW member as... Read More
Oscar Profile: Victoria and Abdul
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Victoria & Abdul Focus Features – 9/22 Dir: Stephen Frears Cast: Judi Dench, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Michael Gambon, Olivia Williams... Read More
Cannes 2017: Did Any of the Winners Start Their Oscar Campaigns?
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 2017 Cannes Film Festival has wrapped with more than a few surprises when the winners were announced at the Closing... Read More
Cannes 2017 Winners: The Square wins the Palme, Nicole Kidman given 70th anniversary prize
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Ruben Östlund’s satirical drama The Square has won the Palme D’Or of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The tale of... Read More
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