With Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Winning an Oscar, Which Multi-Nominee is Next? 
BAFTA TV Awards Nominations: ‘Adolescence’ Still Has More Growing Up To Do 
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 
With Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Winning an Oscar, Which Multi-Nominee is Next? 
Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships 
Frontrunner Friday 2024 Oscar Predictions: Same As It Ever Was
Only a few placement changes in the prediction lineup this week (American Fiction up in Adapted Screenplay, Barbie down) but we’re on the precipice of... Read More
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FX Sets Spring Slate for New and Returning Series Including ‘The Veil’ with Elisabeth Moss, ‘American Horror Story: Delicate, Part Two’
FX today announced the new and returning series coming this Spring, led by the second half of American Horror Story: Delicate, the third season of... Read More
‘The Taste of Things’ Review: Lovers Simmer in the Kitchen in this French Foodie Fantasy
The Taste of Things was France’s submission to the 2024 Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category. Set in 1885, Eugénie (Juliette Binoche), an artist in... Read More
Zac Efron Set for Dual Roles in Celebrity Doppelgänger Thriller ‘Famous’ for Black Bear and Esmail Corp.
Sales to Launch at the Upcoming European Film Market Black Bear and Esmail Corp. today announced the launch of director Jody Hill’s (Observe & Report,... Read More
Academy Adds New ‘Best Casting’ Category to Start at 98th Oscars
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has voted to a new Best Casting category to the current... Read More
Hunter Schafer Goes a Little Mad in First Teaser for ‘Cuckoo’
NEON has dropped the first teaser for its Berlin Film Festival set horror film Cuckoo, from Luz director Tilman Singer. 17-year-old Gretchen (Schafer) leaves her... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 31 – ‘Cruising’ (William Friedkin, 1980)
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
SXSW 2024 Announces Rest of Lineup Including World Premiere of Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’
South by Southwest (SXSW) (March 8-16, 2024) announced the rest of the 2024 lineup, including the world premieres of Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man, the... Read More
76th DGA Awards Preview and Predictions: Christopher Nolan is Winning, but What Races are Real Races?
Christopher Nolan will handily win his first DGA award this weekend for Oppenheimer, I can’t imagine anyone else winning or anyone that would predict otherwise.... Read More
Samantha Morton to be Awarded the BAFTA Fellowship
Morton to receive honor during next week’s BAFTAs, Courtney LaBarge Bell appointed Executive Director of BAFTA North America Award-winning British actor, writer and director Samantha... Read More
BAFTA TV Awards Nominations: ‘Adolescence’ Still Has More Growing Up To Do 
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