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 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 84 – ‘Silkwood’ (Mike Nichols, 1983) with Special Guest Izzy of Be Kind Rewind
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
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2025 Critics Choice Awards Winner Predictions
The 30th Critics Choice Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2024, will be announced tomorrow, February 7, live from the Barker Hangar... Read More
Trailer Watch: ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth,’ ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow,’ ‘The Fantastic 4: First Steps,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Final Destination Bloodlines,’ ‘Smurfs’
A huge week for trailer of upcoming spring and summer blockbusters including Jonathan Bailey and Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World: Rebirth, The Fantastic Four: First... Read More
Jotaka Eaddy and Essence to Receive Honors at 56th NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors
Today, the NAACP announced Founder and CEO of #WinWithBlackWomen Jotaka Eaddy will receive the newly named Mildred Bond Roxborough Social Justice Impact Award and ESSENCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC. will receive the Vanguard Award for Fashion at... Read More
‘Love Hurts’ Review: This Fight Club is a Real Pain [C-]
Winning an Oscar is pretty great, or so I’ve heard. But for actors, the hard-earned victory brings with it a new challenge – what to... Read More
2025 Oscars: Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Emma Stone to Present at 97th Academy Awards
Academy Award winners Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Emma Stone will present at the 97th Oscars, executive producer and showrunner Raj Kapoor and executive producer Katy Mullan... Read More
Juliette Binoche to Preside over Jury of the 78th Cannes Film Festival
Exactly 40 years after her first appearance on La Croisette, award-winning French actress Juliette Binoche will preside over the Jury of the 78th Festival de... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 273 – Oscars Retrospective of the 73rd Academy Awards
On episode 273 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Jay Ledbetter and Josh Parham to go back 25... Read More
2025 Sundance Film Festival Announces Final Audience Favorite Award Winner, Dates for 2026 Festival
Today the Sundance Film Festival announced its final award for the 2025 edition: Come See Me in the Good Light in the Premieres category received the Festival... Read More
‘Wicked’ Leads Online Film and Television Association (OFTA) Nominations with 19
The nominations for the 29th Annual OFTA Film awards were announced today and Wicked was the top nominee this year with 19 nominations. Fellow Best Picture... 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