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2024 Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Winners: ‘The Zone of Interest,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Kneecap’

Critics Awards (Film)

2024 Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Winners: ‘The Zone of Interest,’ ‘Conclave,’ ‘Kneecap’

Erik Anderson December 19, 2024

Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-winning The Zone of Interest was named Best Film of 2024 by the Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) with Jonathan Glazer also winning... Read More

2025 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (December)

Erik Anderson December 19, 2024

We have Critics Choice and the Golden Globe screenplay nominations as well as European Film Award winner Emilia Pérez for December predictions. Not a lot... Read More

2024 London Critics’ Circle Nominations: ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Anora’ Lead with Seven

Critics Awards (Film)

2024 London Critics’ Circle Nominations: ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Anora’ Lead with Seven

Erik Anderson December 19, 2024

The UK’s leading film critics announced their nominations for the 45th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards, with Sean Baker’s Anora and Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist leading the nominations with seven... Read More

Interview: How Adrien Brody Built a Monument to His Mother with ‘The Brutalist’

Interviews (Film)

Interview: How Adrien Brody Built a Monument to His Mother with ‘The Brutalist’

Sophia Ciminello December 19, 2024

Adrien Brody has been waiting twenty years for The Brutalist. Well, not exactly waiting, moreso striving, yearning for a part as significant as that of... Read More

Director Watch Ep. 77 – ‘Something’s Gotta Give’ (Nancy Meyers, 2003)

Ryan McQuade December 19, 2024

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

New Featurette on the Ensemble of Malcolm Washington’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ (Exclusive)

Film

New Featurette on the Ensemble of Malcolm Washington’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ (Exclusive)

Erik Anderson December 19, 2024

In The Piano Lesson, the cinematic adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-nominated play, history, emotion, and artistry converge to create a film... Read More

2025 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (December)

Erik Anderson December 18, 2024

With Critics Choice and Golden Globe nominations we can now add the Oscar shortlists for Documentary Feature and International Feature, narrowing our selections in those... Read More

2025 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, COSTUME DESIGN, PRODUCTION DESIGN (December)

Erik Anderson December 18, 2024

The American Cinema Editors ACE Eddie nominations (ACE) announced on December 11, with Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDG) on the 13th. Set Decorators Society of... Read More

2025 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING, ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND, VISUAL EFFECTS (December)

Erik Anderson December 18, 2024

The Oscar shortlists are in and here are my 2025 Oscar predictions for Makeup & Hairstyling, Original Score, Original Song, Sound and Visual Effects for... Read More