‘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 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ Review: The Emmy-Nominated Hit Returns as an Hilarious Workplace Comedy [B+] 
‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Review: Cherish is the Word I Use to Describe Lisa Kudrow [A-] 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
Make It a Double Feature: ‘Beach Rats’ and ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’
As we make our way through August, we still feel the muggy summer heat. For this month’s column, I’ve gone with two films for those... Read More
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‘Conclave’ to Open 47th Mill Valley Film Festival
The California Film Institute announced today that Focus Features’ papal thriller Conclave from Academy Award-nominated director Edward Berger is set to open the 47th Mill Valley Film... Read More
51st Telluride Preview and Predictions: What Could Be There and Who Might Be Getting Tributes
As Telluride famously does, the actual lineup of films isn’t released until the first day of the Labor Day weekend festival (August 30) but with Venice, Toronto and New... Read More
‘English Teacher’ Review: The Schoolhouse Rocks in Brian Jordan Alvarez’s Hilarious Scholastic Comedy
FX enters the arena of educator comedies with English Teacher, a Brian Jordan Alvarez original that follows Evan Marquez as he teaches English and literature... Read More
New ‘Emilia Pérez’ Trailer with Cannes Best Actress Winners Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz
Netflix has released a new trailer for Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez, winner of the Jury Prize and Best Actress award for Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (August)
It’s just a matter of days before the curtain is peeled back on a host of fall and winter releases debuting at the Venice and... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 249: 2024 Telluride Film Festival Preview and Predictions with Guest Christina Birro of Pop Culture Confidential
On episode 249 of the AwardsWatch Podcast it’s another all editors edition as yours truly, Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and Associate Editor... Read More
2024 Primetime Emmy Awards Winner Predictions: With Three Voting Days Left, Has Anything Changed?
Emmy Awards voting is ongoing until August 26, allowing for final promotional and FYC campaigns to drive life into some of these Emmy dreams. Moving... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (August)
Category placement can be tricky, especially without confirmations and there are a few contenders who might be straddling the line a bit. The Venice and... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 60 – ‘Days of Heaven’ (Terrence Malick, 1978)
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
‘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