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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“Alchemy is a kind of philosophy: a kind of thinking that leads to a way of understanding” – Marcel Duchamp Alchemy goes beyond the simple... Read More
The Animated Feature race comes down to two films, the indie success Flow and the studio box office blockbuster The Wild Robot. They’ve each volleyed... Read More
With the American Cinema Editors (ACE) not revealing their winners until nearly two weeks after the Oscars, their ability to be a proper precursor for... Read More
With its total domination in both Costume Design and Production Design precursors, the sheer volume and size of the work by Paul Tazewell, Nathan Crowley... Read More
One of the easiest wins of the night, Conclave comes into the Adapted Screenplay race with every precursor it was eligible for: BAFTA, Critics Choice,... Read More
With all precursors in hand – BAFTA, Critics Choice, Golden Globe and SAG – Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) and Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez) are... Read More
This should be an easy win for The Substance in Makeup & Hairstyling, especially if it goes hand in hand with a potential Best Actress... Read More
Original Score this season has been something of a wash. With Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s thumping beats of Challengers winning the Golden Globe and... Read More
On episode 277 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello to give out... Read More

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