41st Spirit Awards Winner Predictions: In One of the Least Oscary Years in a Decade, it’s Anyone’s Game
In what will surely be a distinct vibe shift, this weekend’s Film Independent Spirit Awards are moving from their famous Santa Monica beach tent location... Read More
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Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Calm Before the Storm (2/6/26)
All is quiet on the western front this week with no changes across the board in the rankings from last week but that could all... Read More
DGA Awards Predictions: Is it a Paul Thomas Anderson Coronation or Can Ryan Coogler Prevail?
The short answers, yes then no. Or maybe. Let’s get into it. It’s a titanic match-up, Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) and Ryan... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: We Need to Talk About ‘Marty’ (1/30/26)
It wouldn’t be a proper Oscar season without an old controversy made new, would it? Earlier this week, the inaugural issue of the California Post... Read More
79th BAFTA Nomination Predictions: Expect Big Showings for ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Sinners’
It’s a topsy-turvy season, with BAFTA nominations coming after Oscar nominations for the first time since 2001 (an era when the BAFTA Awards were also... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: First Take on 2026 Oscar Winner Predictions
No rest for the wicked (sorry, that’s my last one of those), it’s time for first Oscar winner predictions of the season. The Oscar nominations... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Nomination Predictions in All 24 Categories
Seemingly predicting the impossible with five films receiving 10+ nominations: Sinners (14), One Battle After Another (13), Frankenstein (11), Marty Supreme (11) and Hamnet (10).... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Predicts the Nominees in All 24 Categories
With the Golden Globes handed out and most of the major guild nominations now complete, the 2026 Oscar race has fully taken shape. This is... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
What started a full year ago, at Sundance, winding through Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Telluride, Toronto, New York and Los Angeles, brings us to today. After... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS
Mother. Truly the word, the subject, the theme of 2025 actress performances. Jessie Buckley, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, Amanda Seyfried all took us to the... Read More
LaKeith Stanfield on ‘I Love Boosters,’ Collaborating with Boots Riley, and His New Musical Endeavor 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 344: New Oscar Rules and Preview of the 79th Cannes Film Festival with Special Guest Christina Birro 
2027 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (May) 
NEON Charms U.S. Rights to Jeff Nichols’ ‘King Snake’ with Drew Starkey, Margaret Qualley, Michael Shannon