International Cinephile Society (ICS) Awards: ‘The Secret Agent’ Wins Six, Including Acting Prizes for Wagner Moura and Tânia Maria 
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? 
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 
2024 Montclair Film Festival: ‘Conclave,’ ‘Unstoppable,’ ‘The Piano Lesson’ and More
Montclair Film has announced the 2024 Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night Films, as well as The 2024 Montclair Film Festival Honors for the 13th... Read More
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2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (September)
With a Volpi Cup in hand, Nicole Kidman rises this month into the top 3. Taking a break from her 32 television shows, Kidman plays... Read More
‘A Very Royal Scandal’ TV Review: Dutiful and Boring, There’s Simply No Scoop Here
Can a movie about an interview reveal more about its subject than the interview itself? With the recent, Emmy-nominated Netflix movie Scoop – adapted from... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 253: The Oscar Race in a Post-Venice, Telluride and Toronto Film Festival World
On episode 253 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello take a look at the awards... Read More
Cast of ‘The Piano Lesson’ to Receive 2024 Gotham Awards Ensemble Tribute
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today that The Piano Lesson, directed by Malcolm Washington and co-written by Washington and Virgil Williams, will receive The... Read More
‘Bring Them Down’ Review: Christopher Andrews’ Rough Crime Drama Features a Sublime Central Barry Keoghan Performance | TIFF
Whether he’s playing unambiguous scumbags or those who toe the line between good and bad, Irish acting wonder Barry Keoghan always knows how to keep... Read More
‘Better Man’ Review: Hey, Hey, He’s A Monkey | TIFF
Pop superstar Robbie Williams hasn’t exactly been a great person. He’ll even tell you that himself, as he does in the opening narration to Better... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (September)
With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals behind us, the race has changed quite a bit since early summer (or has it?). While Telluride... Read More
‘The Shadow Strays’ Review: Too Self-Indulgent by Half, Timo Tjahjanto’s Bloodlust Hits Epic Levels | TIFF
It’s good to every once in a while just revel in a brutal action movie, where everyone knows what they’re here for. Films like The... Read More
‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’ Review: A Clichéd, Lurid Afterschool Special Despite an Excellent Performance from Josh Rivera
After dramatizing some of our time’s most sensational collisions of news, entertainment and culture stories, it’s not surprising that it would be executive producers Ryan... Read More
International Cinephile Society (ICS) Awards: ‘The Secret Agent’ Wins Six, Including Acting Prizes for Wagner Moura and Tânia Maria 
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