Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 145 – ‘Black Narcissus’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) with Special Guest Dave Giannini 
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW 
Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23 
57th Director’s Fortnight Selection of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival Includes New Christian Petzold, Eva Victor’s Sundance-Winning ‘Sorry, Baby’
The Société des réalisatrices have revealed the lineup of the 57th edition of the Director’s Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival, running May 14... Read More
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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 283 – Reviewing ‘Warfare’ and Breaking Down the 2025 Cannes Film Festival Lineup
On episode 283 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributor Josh Parham to breakdown the 2025 Cannes Film Festival... Read More
2025 Cannes: Critics’ Week Lineup Includes Sean Baker-Written Feature and a Dialogue-Free, Post-Apocalyptic Animated Film
Cannes Critics’ Week, the festival sidebar spotlighting first and second features, has revealed the 11 competition and special screenings titles for its 64th edition running... Read More
Teaser for Ari Aster’s Cannes-Bound COVID Era ‘Eddington’ Looks at the Crumbling U.S. Political Landscape of 2020
Last week, the Cannes Film Festival announced the lineup for its 78th edition where Eddington, the next film from Ari Aster (Midsommar, Hereditary, Beau is... Read More
‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 Review: Love in the Time of Cordyceps [A-]
“Swear to me that everything about the Fireflies is true.” When we last saw Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), they were standing on... Read More
European Film Awards (EFA) Move to January 2026 in the Heart of Awards Season
The European Film Awards (EFA), the European Film Academy’s annual award ceremony celebrating the best of European cinema, is about to become a part of... Read More
2025 Emmy Predictions: The Limited Series/TV Movie Competition Is Not Child’s Play
This year’s limited series race seems to have been wrapped up last month when Netflix dropped Adolescence, the shockingly raw four episode limited series that... Read More
Oscars: Academy Establishes New Category for Stunt Design Beginning with 100th Oscars
Just a year after announcing a new Oscar category for casting (which will go into effect this season), the Academy has revealed that stunts will... Read More
2025 Emmy Predictions: ‘The Pitt’ Aims to Claim Key Nominations and Resuscitate the Hospital Genre
This will be the year of HBO when it comes to discussing the drama contenders at the Emmys. HBO/Max is responsible for some of the... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 94 – ‘Mikey and Nicky’ (Elaine May, 1974)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 145 – ‘Black Narcissus’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) with Special Guest Dave Giannini 
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners