FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR 
Director Watch Ep. 135 – ‘Bulworth’ (Warren Beatty, 1998) 
Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) Winners: ‘Sinners’ Nabs 10 Awards 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM 
Interview: Mascha Schilinski and Fabian Gamper on Crafting a Memory Piece and Exploring Transgenerational Trauma in ‘Sound of Falling’ 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND 
2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Lineup: ‘Ready or Not 2,’ ‘I Love Boosters’ and the Return of David E. Kelley 
On the Shelf: ‘Bringing Out the Dead,’ ‘Evil Dead Rise,’ and ‘The Pink Panther’ Films Land on 4K Blu-ray for Week of January 12 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE, ORIGINAL SONG, SOUND 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN and PRODUCTION DESIGN 
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS 
FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Can anything really beat Roma here? There’s really nothing standing in its way unless you think that the voting body doesn’t want to give the... Read More
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FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN
I’ve sort of hammered away both in print and on podcasts that Production Design and Costume Design go hand in hand and in fact, they... Read More
FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG
There aren’t a lot of categories this year where I’m letting my heart lead the way instead of my head. In fact, Original Score might... Read More
FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: SOUND EDITING and SOUND MIXING
A few months ago we all could have easily called Sound Mixing for A Star Is Born and called it a day. But that was... Read More
First trailer and poster for Joanna Hogg’s Sundance-winning ‘The Souvenir’
The first trailer and poster for Joanna Hogg’s Sundance-winning feature The Souvenir is here and is a gorgeously intoxicating morsel in the vein of Phantom... Read More
FINAL Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED, DOCUMENTARY and LIVE-ACTION SHORT
There’s a wealth of sadness, depravity and dreariness in many of the nominees in the short film categories with a few rays of light that... Read More
FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE
It’s hard to bet against a film that’s so utterly dominated nearly all precursors and that’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. I know people want to... Read More
FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS
This will be between Avengers: Infinity War, which won the Visual Effects Society’s top prize and First Man, which took the group’s supporting visual effects... Read More
FINAL 2019 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
A complicated category in a banner year for documentaries with precursor wins going to films not even nominated. PGA and DGA went to Won’t You... Read More
Oscar Podcast #73: FINAL Oscar winner predictions with guest Amanda Spears, creator of the #PresentAll24 movement
Welcome to the AwardsWatch Final Oscar Winner Predictions Podcast! I am honored to be joined by Amanda Spears, the creator of the #PresentAll24 hashtag and... Read More
Director Watch Ep. 135 – ‘Bulworth’ (Warren Beatty, 1998) 
Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) Winners: ‘Sinners’ Nabs 10 Awards