Final Additions to South by Southwest Film & TV Festival (SXSW), Including ‘Love Language,’ ‘Cookie Queens’ and ‘The Fox’ 
Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Unveils Recipients for Inaugural Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology 
41st Spirit Awards Winner Predictions: In One of the Least Oscary Years in a Decade, it’s Anyone’s Game 
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol on the Unlikely, Legally-Challenged Journey of Getting ‘Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie’ to the Big Screen [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
Oscar-Nominated Director Sam Davis on Creating ‘The Singers,’ Finding His Stars, and His Own Path to Filmmaking [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
‘Kokuho’ Review: The Vibrant World of Kabuki is Spectacularly Recreated in Lee Sang-il’s Resilient Character Study [B+] 
‘Crime 101’ Review: Chris Hemsworth Brings the Heat in Michael Man-Influenced Actioner as Good as its Title is Bad [B+] 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 332 – Oscars Retrospective of the 74th Academy Awards 
Final Additions to South by Southwest Film & TV Festival (SXSW), Including ‘Love Language,’ ‘Cookie Queens’ and ‘The Fox’ 
SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including ‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott 
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: Daytime Emmys director Rachel Schwartz breaks down the new Children and Family Emmys, judging and the ‘Heartstopper’ of it all
The first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards will be presented on Saturday, December 10 (Creative Arts) and Sunday, December 11 at the Wilshire Ebell... Read More
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‘The Mysterious Benedict Society,’ ‘Sneakerella,’ ‘Heartstopper,’ ‘Sweet Tooth’ lead 1st Children’s & Family Emmy Awards nominations
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced the nominations for the first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, where The Mysterious... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast #156: Fall Box Office draft, fixing the Oscar ceremony and more
On episode 156 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, TV Editor Tyler Doster and AwardsWatch contributors... Read More
Interview: Eric Appel on remixing the parody biopic with ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’
Everyone remembers their first time listening to a Weird Al Yankovic song. For first-time feature director Eric Appel, his Weird Al fascination started in 1984... Read More
‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ review: Daniel Radcliffe is larger than life in hilarious send-up of the ‘true’ story of Weird Al
When it comes to modern cinema, the musical biopic is one of the most reliable subgenres for studios to greenlight. Using an extensive catalog of... Read More
‘Aftersun,’ ‘Corsage,’ ‘Close,’ ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ win top Montclair Film Festival awards
The Montclair Film Festival (MFF) today announced the winners of the festival’s 2022 film competitions where Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun won the Fiction Feature Prize, with Corsage... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (October)
Three films that have been in limited theaters go wider today – The Banshees of Inisherin, TÁR and Till – and they all make significant... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
In a year with so many big names and previous winners in the best director race like Steven Spielberg,, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, James Cameron, Damien... Read More
Interview: Nina Hoss on the intimidating and immersive world of ‘TÁR’ and working with Cate Blanchett
After a long trip cross the pond, talking to dozens of people about her work, Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) returns home to her massive flat... Read More
2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)
Category confirmations for Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan came in this week for She Said, with Universal Pictures not willing to risk pushing two female... Read More
Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Unveils Recipients for Inaugural Jeffrey S. Wexler Award for Advancement in Sound Technology 
41st Spirit Awards Winner Predictions: In One of the Least Oscary Years in a Decade, it’s Anyone’s Game 
Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol on the Unlikely, Legally-Challenged Journey of Getting ‘Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie’ to the Big Screen [VIDEO INTERVIEW]