San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Tops in Picture, Director, Actor 
Southern Eastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) Awards: ‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ Top Most Wins 
Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Rules with 8 Wins 
Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC): ‘Grand Tour,’ ‘The Mastermind’ and ‘Misericordia’ Highlight Unique Set of Nominations 
New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) Winners: Ethan Hawke, Jacob Elordi, Jessie Buckley, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas and More 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 319 – Oscars Retrospective of the 93rd Academy Awards 
USC Scripter Nominations: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Train Dreams,’ ‘Slow Horses,’ ‘Death by Lightning’ and More 
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Basic Instinct 2’ and ‘The Departed’ (2006) 
On the Shelf: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’ trilogy, ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,’ ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia,’ ‘Walking Tall’ and the ‘Babe’ Films Arrive on 4K Blu-ray Releases for Week of December 15 
Wim Wenders to Lead 76th Berlin International Film Festival Jury 
2026 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (December) 
2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (December) 
2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (December) 
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (December) 
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (December) 
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (December) 
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Checks In After Week One of Precursors 
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November) 
Sing me a song: 75 songs on the Best Song longlist
Yesterday, AMPAS released the list of 75 songs that are eligible this year for the Oscars. Notable absence: “Please Mr. Kennedy”, from Inside Llewyn Davis,... Read More
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Critics’ choices or Oscar predictions? BFCA announces nominations
“The single most accurate precursor to the Oscars….“. If ever it was more blatantly clear what the Broadcast Film Critics Association is actually trying to... Read More
AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of December 16, 2013
What Michael Ward is listening to this week… Beyoncé Forget some of the overstatement surrounding the release of Beyoncé’s self-titled album earlier this week. It’s... Read More
Critics Societies Roundup 3
Another day, another roundup of critics organizations. First, the San Francisco Critics Circle chose their winners (updated list to be found here). Then we have... Read More
Review: Beyoncé – Beyoncé
For months it seemed as though Beyoncé had fallen off the face of the Earth. Sure, she was on a world tour, but she hadn’t... Read More
Can you shorten it a little: Makeup & Haistyling shortlist announced
After today, there are only seven hopefuls left for winning the Oscar for Best Makeup & Hairstyling, as the shortlist in this category was announced... Read More
Review: Burial- Rival Dealer EP
When Burial (aka, William Bevan) released his masterpiece Untrue in 2007, it felt like a watershed moment. The album was universally acclaimed, wound up near the top... Read More
First Interstellar Teaser Trailer
The first teaser for Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated Interstellar dropped today. Giving us very little in terms of actual footage, the Matthew McConaughey-voiceover trailer details... Read More
Critics Societies Roundup 2
A few more critics organizations have cast their vote, so time for round-up two. The first one is the Washington DC Film Critics Association, which... Read More
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled its list of 114 feature film scores that will be competing for the five nominations. When... Read More
San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Awards: ‘Sinners’ Tops in Picture, Director, Actor 
Southern Eastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) Awards: ‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ Top Most Wins 
Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Rules with 8 Wins 
Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC): ‘Grand Tour,’ ‘The Mastermind’ and ‘Misericordia’ Highlight Unique Set of Nominations