Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards: Paul Thomas Anderson Wins for ‘One Battle After Another’ 
British Society of Cinematographers (BSC): ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Top Award 
Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Winners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Train Dreams’ and More 
‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Puts the Dom in Domesticity [A-] 
Australian Academy Award Winners (AACTA): ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Bring Her Back’ Lead 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Calm Before the Storm (2/6/26) 
DGA Awards Predictions: Is it a Paul Thomas Anderson Coronation or Can Ryan Coogler Prevail? 
How Writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt and the Oscar-nominated Hair and Makeup Team Behind ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Twisted Cinderella Into a Gruesome Cautionary Tale [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including ‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott 
Gotham Film Institute Reveals Dates for 2026 Film and Television Awards 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Calm Before the Storm (2/6/26) 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: We Need to Talk About ‘Marty’ 
Frontrunner Friday: First Take on 2026 Oscar Winner Predictions 
Interview: Isabella Rossellini on the Power of Sister Agnes in ‘Conclave’ and Returning to her Cinematic Roots
Recently, legendary actress Isabella Rossellini attended the Ara Pacis Museum, where she visited an exhibition on acting in Ancient Rome that she documented on her... Read More
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‘Wicked’ Review: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Will Sweep You Off Your Feet in Jon M. Chu’s High-Flying Musical Feast
The Wicked Witch of the West was an icon of cinematic villainy for decades before Gregory Maguire’s 1995 revisionary novel became one of Broadway’s most... Read More
Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold to Receive the Gothams Visionary Tribute for ‘A Complete Unknown’
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today that Academy-Award nominees Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold will receive the Visionary Tribute for their groundbreaking collaboration... Read More
Interviews: How the Hair, Makeup and Editing Teams for ‘Gladiator II’ Corralled 1000 Extras, Battled Heat and Kept Ridley Scott’s Vision
Emperors! Gladiators! Nearly 1000 extras! We talked to Jana Carboni (makeup designer) and hair designer Guiliano Mariano about their immense work on Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II.... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 261: The Oscar Race Election Connection; Conan O’Brien as Oscar Host
On episode 261 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello and AwardsWatch contributors Mark Johnson and... Read More
Interview: Mohammad Rasoulof on Filming ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ in Secret and Defying Oppression [VIDEO]
Writer and director Mohammad Rasoulof has built a reputation for his fearless approach to filmmaking, consistently challenging censorship and oppression in Iran. His latest project,... Read More
From ‘Alien’ to ‘Gladiator,’ How Ridley Scott Uses His Own Legacy to Elevate IP Cinema
Ridley Scott is a wild man–a prolific maverick of spectacle, the pissed-off elder statesman of epic movie-making, and my favorite cinematic grandfather. A few weeks... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November)
Is it Ralph Fiennes’ time? Will the Academy conclave and finally pick him as this year’s Best Actor or is there a secret surprise candidate... Read More
Nicole Kidman to Receive International Star Award for ‘Babygirl’ from Palm Springs International Film Awards
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Nicole Kidman is the recipient of the International Star Award for her performance in Babygirl. The Film Awards will take... Read More
‘Red One’ Review: The North Pole Has Fallen For Johnny Storm and The Rock
If you ever wished that Air Force One (1997) and Olympus Has Fallen (2013) took place in a world where supernatural folklore figures existed and... Read More
Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards: Paul Thomas Anderson Wins for ‘One Battle After Another’ 
British Society of Cinematographers (BSC): ‘One Battle After Another’ Takes Top Award 
Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Winners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Train Dreams’ and More 
‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Puts the Dom in Domesticity [A-]