Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Winners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Train Dreams’ and More 
‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Puts the Dom in Domesticity [A-] 
Australian Academy Award Winners (AACTA): ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Bring Her Back’ Lead 
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Calm Before the Storm (2/6/26) 
DGA Awards Predictions: Is it a Paul Thomas Anderson Coronation or Can Ryan Coogler Prevail? 
How Writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt and the Oscar-nominated Hair and Makeup Team Behind ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Twisted Cinderella Into a Gruesome Cautionary Tale [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 138 – ‘Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles’ (Chantal Akerman, 1975) with special guest Morgan Roberts 
SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including ‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott 
SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including ‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott 
Gotham Film Institute Reveals Dates for 2026 Film and Television Awards 
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 
‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ Sets World Premiere at 2025 Cannes Film Festival
The highly anticipated eighth chapter of the Mission: Impossible is officially headed to the 2025 Cannes Film Festival next month and will be presented Out... Read More
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AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 282 – Oscars Retrospective of the 88th Academy Awards
On episode 282 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello as well as AwardsWatch contributors Dan... Read More
Robert De Niro to Receive Honorary Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival
Two-time Academy Award-winning actor Robert De Niro will receive the Honorary Palme d’Or at the 78th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, during... Read More
British Film Academy Sets Dates for 2026 BAFTA Awards
BAFTA today confirmed that the 2026 EE BAFTA Film Awards will be held on Sunday, February 22, 2026. The announcement marks the first of the major... Read More
9th DocLands Documentary Film Festival Announces Lineup
Mark Fishkin, Executive Director/Founder of the California Film Institute (CAFILM), and Joni Cooper, Director of Programming for the DocLands Documentary Film Festival (DocLands), have announced... Read More
Trailer Watch: ‘Superman,’ ‘M3GAN 2.0,’ ‘The Naked Gun,’ ‘The Accountant 2,’ ‘Karate Kid: Legends,’ ‘Fountain of Youth,’ ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s 2’
Another big week of trailer and teasers, largely thanks to CinemaCon 2025, which gave tons of exclusive sneak peeks to the Las Vegas attendees (like... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 93 – ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ (Elaine May, 1972) with Special Guest Jake Tropila
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
Academy Announces Janet Yang Endowment for Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander Filmmaking
Endowment provides essential funding and resources to support Asian and AAPI programming at the Academy Museum and acquisitions into the Academy Collection Academy President Janet... Read More
‘Hacks’ Season 4 Review: The LA-Set Late Night Season Finds Deborah and Ava in a War of the Words [B+]
A good rivalry features two opponents so intent on causing damage to the others’ life that the only reasonable outcome would be for one of... Read More
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 Review: The Revolutionary and Prescient Series Comes to a Thrilling Close [A]
It’s been three years since the fifth season finale of The Handmaid’s Tale in which June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) and her baby daughter Nicole boarded... Read More
Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Winners: ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Train Dreams’ and More 
‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Puts the Dom in Domesticity [A-] 
Australian Academy Award Winners (AACTA): ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Bring Her Back’ Lead