AwardsWatch’s 50 Favorite Performances of 2015
50. Marion Cotillard, Macbeth
49. Bel Powley, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
48. Michael Fassbender, Macbeth
47. Nicole Kidman, Strangerland
46. Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
45. Lily Tomlin, Grandma
44. Dakota Johnson, Fifty Shades of Grey
43. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anomalisa
42. Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
41. Tom Hanks, Bridge of Spies
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), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) 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.
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), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) 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.
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2024 NewFest LGBTQ+ Festival Lineup: ‘A Nice Indian Boy,’ ‘Emilia Pérez,’ Legacy Screenings of John Waters Films and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘The Fire Inside,’ ‘Venom: The Last Dance,’ ‘Will & Harper,’ ‘Salem’s Lot’ and More 
2024 Humanitas Prize Winners: Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin,’ ‘Fellow Travelers,’ ‘Hacks,’ ‘Nimona’ 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 63 – ‘The Tree of Life’ (Terrence Malick, 2011)
Hmmmmm. Your affiliation to your French colleagues(ICS) and GALECA shows – clearly – with your inclusion(prominently) of St Laurent , CAROL and COSM RME