On the Shelf: ‘Casino,’ ‘Out of Africa,’ ‘Red Planet,’ ‘Rent,’ ‘A Better Tomorrow’ Trilogy, and New Criterions Arrive on 4K Blu-ray Releases for Week of November 17
An absolute stacked week of physical media releases arriving for the first time on 4K. First up is a quartet of films celebrating their anniversary,... Read More
Ryan McQuade
Ryan McQuade is the AwardsWatch Executive Editor and a film-obsessed writer in San Antonio, Texas. Raised on musicals, westerns, and James Bond, his taste in cinema is extremely versatile. He’s extremely fond of independent releases and director’s passion projects. Engrossed with all things Oscars, he hosts the AwardsWatch Podcast. He also is co-host of the Director Watch podcast. When he’s not watching movies, he’s rooting on all his favorite sports teams, including his beloved Texas Longhorns. You can follow him on Twitter at @ryanmcquade77.
Interview: How Miles Caton’s Spiritual, Musical Connection to Sammie Helped Bring Ryan Coogler’s Vision For ‘Sinners’ to Life
Midway through Ryan Coogler’s sensational Sinners, there lies one of the best scenes of the year, in which the visionary director tracks the history of... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 126 – ‘Chocolat’ (Claire Denis, 1988)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
Interview: Teyana Taylor on Cooking Up the Complex and Lingering Presence of Perfidia Beverly Hills in ‘One Battle After Another’ [VIDEO]
When you see One Battle After Another, the latest epic from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, the first thing you can’t help but gravitate towards is... Read More
On the Shelf: ‘The Mask,’ ‘The Naked Gun (2025),’ Best Picture Winners, and A Fresh Criterion Entry Highlight Physical Media Week of November 10
After a lackluster start to the month of physical media releases, we’ve hit the motherlode this week with plenty of new titles to make any... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 125 – ‘The Book of Eli’ (The Hughes Brothers, 2010)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
Interview: Mary Bronstein and Rose Byrne on Molding an Immersive Experience of Modern Motherhood with ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’
Like most great films, writer-director Mary Bronstein came up with the idea of an exceptional second feature film, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,... Read More
Interview: Jafar Panahi on Making a Statement of Forgiveness Rather Than Revenge with ‘It Was Just an Accident’
There has been no one in cinema making movies like writer-director Jafar Panahi. No literally, no one. Over the course of the last fifteen years,... Read More
‘Die My Love’ Review: Jennifer Lawrence is Grace Under Fire in the Best Performance of her Career [A]
From the opening frame of Lynne Ramsay’s fifth feature film, Die My Love, we see a house in shambles. A once promising place full of laughter... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 312 – Oscar Retrospective of the 78th Academy Awards
On episode 312 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson alongside AwardsWatch contributor Josh Parham to go back... Read More
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