86th Academy Award Nominations: Dallas Overperforms, 12 Years Underperforms and N’Oprah Strikes Again
The nominations for the 86th Academy Awards were announced this morning to a chorus of shocks and awes with American Hustle and Gravity leading the... Read More
Film
AwardsWatch’s Best Films of 2013
Onto 2014, where we will look forward to many new releases coming out this year. AW has taken this opportunity to provide staff member’s top... Read More
ICS nominations: Who the hell is Anton Adasinsky?
And now for something completely different? That old Monty Python classic was on our mind as we perused the nominations revealed today by the International... Read More
Critics societies roundup 7
Also known as 'the stragglers'. Or 'the organizations that can't be bothered to design a logo' (we're looking at you, Iowa and Oklahoma!). But still,... Read More
ACE Eddie Nominations:
12 Years a Slave, American Hustle and Captain Phillips continued their domination of the guild awards nominations with nods from the American Cinema Editors guild... Read More
USC Scripter nominations: Who Maisie Surprised
Well, us. And you as well, probably. The University of Southern California chose its annual five for the USC Scripter award, honoring both the original... Read More
CDG Nominations: Spandex and Cowboy Hats
One more set of nominations today, this time from the guild that designs pretty clothes, the Costume Designers Guild. These folks always have three categories... Read More
ASC nominations, all seven of them. Wait, seven?
We are still working our way through interpreting today’s BAFTA nominations a bit, but there are more guilds announcing their nominations today, one of them... Read More
BAFTA nominations: Hustle, Wolf soar. Her and Dallas biggest losers
We are still trying to let these sink in, but the BAFTA nominations have sure shaken things up a bit. Just some short observations right... Read More
DGA nominations: Wolf rises, Nebraska left out in the cold
The Directors Guild of America announced their nominations today, and made the battle for those final spots interesting again. The expected four were all there:... Read More
UK Casting Directors’ Guild Awards: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Adolescence’ Take Top Wins 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 139 – ‘Les Rendez-vous d’Anna’ (Chantal Akerman, 1978) 
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Costume Designers Guild (CGD) Winners: ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Andor’ and More