2026 Oscars: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘Frankenstein, ‘Sinners’ Among 20 Films Make the Visual Effects Finalists Cut
Avatar: Fire and Ash, Frankenstein and Sinners are among the 20 films to make it past the first hurdle on the way to the Oscars... 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.
Rian Johnson, Josh O’Connor and Glenn Close Talk ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ [VIDEO INTERVIEWS]
I talked to Rian Johnson and Josh O’Connor recently about their new film Wake Up Dead Man, how Johnson’s religious background found its way into... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (November)
Critics Choice has announced its shortlists of contenders in 11 categories, including Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects. There is a caveat with the list however, which... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN and PRODUCTION DESIGN (November)
Critics Choice has announced its shortlists of contenders in 11 categories, including Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects. There is a caveat with the list however, which... Read More
Novelist/Screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell on Taking ‘Hamnet’ From the Page to the Screen [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Maggie O’Farrell didn’t intend to turn her best-selling novel Hamnet into a film when she wrote it but when director Chloé Zhao said she wouldn’t... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (November)
Critics Choice has announced its shortlists of contenders in 11 categories, including Makeup and Hairstyling and Visual Effects. There is a caveat with the list... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND (November)
For November we have our first of several song and score precursors with the Hollywood Music in Media nominations and awards, where Sinners, Diane Warren... Read More
Interview: How Chloé Zhao and Jessie Buckley Gave Life and Agency to ‘Hamnet’ and Agnes
It’s been a strange road for Chloé Zhao. An early indie darling with early features like Songs My Brother Taught Me and The Rider, using... Read More
Ethan Hawke to Receive Career Achievement Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Ethan Hawke is the recipient of the Career Achievement Award celebrating his impressive body of work... Read More
‘Sinners’ Tops Critics Choice Awards Shortlists with 13 Mentions
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) announced today the shortlists for the following below-the-line film categories for the 31st annual Critics Choice Awards: Best Casting and Ensemble, Best Cinematography,... Read More
USC Scripter Nominations: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Train Dreams,’ ‘Slow Horses,’ ‘Death by Lightning’ and More 
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Basic Instinct 2’ and ‘The Departed’ (2006) 
Las Vegas Film Critics Society (LVFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with 14 
On the Shelf: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’ trilogy, ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,’ ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia,’ ‘Walking Tall’ and the ‘Babe’ Films Arrive on 4K Blu-ray Releases for Week of December 15