2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (July)
With Toronto and Venice lineups announced and Telluride in a month’s time the fall festival season is taking shape in the midst of the ongoing... Read More
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2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (July)
News of films possibly or definitely moving out of 2023 and into 2024 as the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike prevents actors from promoting their films at... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (July)
This month has given us a lot of first looks with trailers for The Holdovers with Paul Giamatti, Napoleon with Joaquin Phoenix and Bob Marley:... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (July)
Not a lot of movement in the screenplay categories this month; Apple’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Universal’s Oppenheimer should be able to maintain... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (July)
With the WGA strike ongoing and the SAG-AFTRA strike now in place since last month’s predictions, from an awards standpoint it’s going to be difficult... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (July)
With the WGA strike ongoing and the SAG-AFTRA strike now in place since last month’s predictions, from an awards standpoint it’s going to be difficult... Read More
Final 2023 Emmy Predictions: Variety, Reality and Talk Series Categories Get Shaken Up; Game Shows Head to Primetime
Variety and Talk nominees will look different this year as the Television Academy made some big changes in categorization and definition this year, most notably... Read More
FINAL 2023 Emmy Predictions: Are the Drama Categories a Coronation for ‘Succession’ or Can ‘The White Lotus’ End Its Reign?
Even at the nomination stage the race is pretty clear: Succession vs The White Lotus. The dueling HBO shows will go head to head for... Read More
FINAL 2023 Emmy Predictions: Comedy Categories Could Put Ayo Edebiri in the Emmy History Books
Voting is over and nominations are coming for the 75th Emmys, so it’s time to dive into specifics and see what will likely take slots... Read More
Final 2023 Emmy Predictions: Limited or Anthology Series and Television Movie Categories – Expect ‘Dahmer’ to Dominate
While I don’t expect any single limited or anthology series to reach the heights of The White Lotus and its 20 nominations last year (which... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes