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‘Sugarcane,’ ‘Soundtrack to A Coup d’Etat’ Lead 40th IDA Documentary Awards Nominations 
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‘Sugarcane,’ ‘Soundtrack to A Coup d’Etat’ Lead 40th IDA Documentary Awards Nominations 
AwardsWatch Partners with Vision Media to Revolutionize the Awards Season Experience 
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (November) 
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (November) 
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2025 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (November) 
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (November) 
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2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (October) 
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (October) 
2025 Oscar Predictions: ‘Good As Gold’ October Update and Middleburg Film Festival Winners 
Interview: ‘Conclave’ Director Edward Berger on Recreating the Vatican, Religious Doubt and Having an Open Discussion with the Church
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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 70 – ‘Out of Time’ (Carl Franklin, 2003)
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
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (October)
The fall festival season is over, the Gotham Awards nominations are in. Oscar season has begun. Always considered the kickoff of awards season, the Gotham... Read More
Ralph Fiennes to Receive Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival
It was announced today that Ralph Fiennes will receive the Outstanding Performer of the Year Award at the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Fiennes will be... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 258: Gotham Nominations, AFI FEST, ‘Babygirl,’ ‘Gladiator II’ and More
On episode 258 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello talk about the Gotham Awards nominations,... Read More
‘Emilia Pérez’ to Receive Vanguard Award from 2025 Palm Springs International Film Awards
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Emilia Pérez is the recipient of the Vanguard Award. The Vanguard Award is a group honor distinguishing a film’s... Read More
Cast of ‘Sing Sing’ to Receive Social Justice Tribute at 2024 Gotham Awards
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today that the cast of Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar and co-written by Clint Bentley and Kwedar, will... Read More
Francis Ford Coppola to Receive 50th AFI Life Achievement Award
The American Film Institute (AFI) Board of Trustees announced today that Francis Ford Coppola will be the 50th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award,... Read More
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‘Juror #2’ Review: 12 Annoying Men and Women Deliberate in Clint Eastwood’s Courtroom Clunker | AFI FEST
A staple on TV growing up in the 1990s was the courtroom drama. Movies like A Few Good Men, Philadelphia, Primal Fear, My Cousin Vinny,... Read More
Interview: ‘The Substance’ Special Makeup Effects Designer Pierre-Olivier Persin on Transforming Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley into a Funhouse of Horror and Using 4,000 Gallons of Blood