‘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 
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (August)
There’s something interesting about Timothée Chalamet’s trajectory as both and actor and an Oscar nominee that isn’t unlike Leonardo DiCaprio is many ways. Both broke... Read More
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2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (August)
Everything’s coming up Gladys! Ever since the huge box office opening of Zach Cregger’s Weapons two weeks ago, the name on everybody’s lips has been... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 303 – 52nd Telluride Film Festival Preview
We’re a mere 11 days before the 52nd Telluride Film Festival kicks off on Labor Day weekend and we have a packed show. On episode... Read More
Interview: Kaitlyn Dever Goes Deep about ‘The Last of Us,’ Grief and Abby’s Unfulfilled Catharsis
The Last of Us has become an incisive exploration into grief, the second season doubling down in the darkness that propels the plot. Joel is... Read More
On the Shelf: ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ ‘Happy Gilmore,’ ‘Xanadu,’ and More Blaxploitation Classics Land on 4K Physical Media This Week
Big week of 4K Blu-ray releases from three different distributors, starting with an Ang Lee classic, Sense and Sensibility. Based on the classic Jane Austen... Read More
‘Lurker’ Review: Writer-Director Alex Russell Crafts a Symbiotic Power Struggle with Paranoid Pop Star Thriller [B+]
Online fandom and fame-hunger have gotten so intense in the last decade or so that it’s a bit surprising there haven’t been more films like... Read More
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 Review: John Cena Shines in James Gunn’s Wonky Multiverse of Sadness [C+]
The superhero genre has been a problem for Warner Bros. for some time now. Since director Christopher Nolan’s celebrated The Dark Knight trilogy, their property... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 112 – ‘Elle’ (Paul Verhoeven, 2016)
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
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 302 – Post-TIFF/NYFF Lineups, Pre-Venice/Telluride Oscar Talk
On episode 302 of the AwardsWatch podcast, Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson is joined by Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello as we look... Read More
20th Fantastic Fest Lineup: World Premiere of ‘Black Phone 2,’ U.S. Premieres of ‘Shelby Oaks,’ Cannes Winner ‘Sirāt’
Fantastic Fest’s 20th anniversary lineup has been revealed, featuring 45 World Premieres, 15 International and North American Premieres, and 13 U.S. Premieres that are guaranteed... 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