Cannes 2017: Claire Denis and Chloe Zhao Win Top Directors’ Fortnight Prizes
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Major names highlighted the winners for Cannes 2017’s Directors’ Fortnight prizes with Chloe Zhao’s The Rider, which was picked up by... 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.
Frameline 41 Goes Genre Queer: Full Lineup of San Francisco LGBTQ Film Festival Announced
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Frameline , the world’s longest-running and largest showcase of queer cinema, is pleased to announce that Frameline41 , the San Francisco... Read More
Oscar Profile: WONDER
Wonder Lionsgate – 11/17 Dir: Stephen Chbosky Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Daveed Diggs, Mandy Patinkin, Sonia Braga, Izabela Vidovic What It’s... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: Huge Shakeup as ‘Wonderstruck’ Plummets and Spielberg’s ‘Pentagon Papers’ Tops
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] In the biggest shakeup since starting Frontrunner Friday for the 2018 Oscar season, the previous #1 (and the official #1 for... Read More
Cannes Unveils ‘Wonderstruck,’ the First Oscar Player of the Festival
The 2017 Cannes Film Festival has just kicked off and the new film from Todd Haynes, Wonderstruck, was first out of the gate and gives... Read More
A Brief History of Oscar and the Cannes Film Festival and Who Might Win This Year
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 70th Cannes Film Festival kicks off this week (Thursday, to be exact) but did you know that only Cannes Palme... Read More
TRAILER: First Look at Emma Stone and Steve Carell in ‘Battle of the Sexes’
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Fresh of her Academy Award win for Best Actress, Emma Stone (La La Land) hits the court with Academy Award nominee... Read More
FIRST LOOK: Here is the first clip of ‘Wonderstruck’
The first look at Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck is here and it’s beautiful. As two boys (Oakes Fegley and Jaden Michael) run through the New York... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: Wonderstruck on Top, Spielberg ‘Post’ Pic Uptick
[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Wonderstruck, the new #1 Best Picture prediction for May, remains there for Frontrunner Friday and even gains two more points from... Read More
Cannes Schedule Revealed; ‘Wonderstruck’ Up First plus Masterclasses from Eastwood and Cuarón
The full schedule of all films for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival has been announced and Todd Haynes’ Wonderstruck will be first out of the gate... Read More
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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