New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) Winners: La La Land Prevails in Best Picture but Moonlight, Manchester Win Big
La La Land, the current frontrunner for Oscar’s Best Picture, won the top award with the New York Film Critics Circle – its only win... 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.
New York Film Critics Circle Predictions: Is it Moonlight vs. Manchester?
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The season has only just begun but it’s already feeling like it’s going to be a battle between Moonlight (Gotham winner)... Read More
How the National Board of Review can pave the way to Oscar
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The National Board of Review is the traditional kick-off of awards season. It starts to put to rest all of the... Read More
2016 National Board of Review (NBR) Winners: Manchester by the Sea is Best Film, Amy Adams Wins Best Actress for Arrival
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The National Board of Review, the oldest awards-giving organization in existence, has chosen Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea as the... Read More
Satellite Nominations: La La Land Leads, Arrival Stopped at the Gate
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The International Press Academy (IPA) announces its nominations for the 21st Annual Satellite™ Awards and for the first time the IPA is... Read More
2016 Gotham Awards: Moonlight Wins Feature, Screenplay; Isabelle Huppert is Best Actress
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Moonlight was the big winner tonight at the 2016 IFP Gotham Awards. The film took Best Feature and Best Screenplay for... Read More
Zootopia and Kubo and the Two Strings Lead ANNIE Nominations
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Two major Oscar contenders for Animated Feature, Zootopia and Kubo and the Two Strings, led the 44th ANNIE award nominations today... Read More
2016 National Board of Review (NBR) Predictions: Manchester, Moonlight, La La Land in the Mix
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The National Board of Review (NBR) is often considered the true kick-off of the awards season that leads us up to... Read More
2016 Gotham Awards Winner Predictions
[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The 2016 IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards are tomorrow and I have my predictions on what and who I think will... Read More
Oscar Podcast #45: Jackie, Independent Spirit Nominations, the Silence trailer and the return of Joey Nolfi
In this 45th AwardsWatch Oscar podcast, I welcome the return of Joey Nolfi from Serving Cinema. After a record-breaking podcast last month, we go at... Read More
2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Lineup: ‘Ready or Not 2,’ ‘I Love Boosters’ and the Return of David E. Kelley 
Interview: Paul Mescal on the Creative Freedom of ‘Hamnet’ and Finding Magic and Love with His Co-Stars 
‘Sinners’ Leads Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS) Nominations 
Denver Film Critics Society (DFCS) Nominations