2024 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards: ‘American Fiction,’ ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Succession’ are Top Winners
American Fiction completed the trifecta of an Oscar, BAFTA and now WGA win as Cord Jefferson took home the Writers Guild of America award for... Read More
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AwardsWatch Podcast #221: Final Oscar Predictions for the 96th Academy Awards
On episode 221 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello to give... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
With the BAFTA, Critics Choice and USC Scripter in hand (and likely the WGA but those aren’t happening until a full month after the Oscars),... Read More
36th USC Scripter Awards: ‘American Fiction’ and ‘Slow Horses’ Take Adapted Screenplay Wins
Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction, based on the novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett has been named the best adapted screenplay for film of 2023. The USC... Read More
39th Spirit Awards Predictions: Will Oscar Nominees Prevail or Will Oscar Snubs Find Love?
The 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards are tomorrow and with one of the least amount of Oscar crossover in quite some time. In the last... Read More
The nominations for the 2024 Writers Guild of America (WGA) awards were announced today with Barbie, May December, American Fiction and Are You There God?... Read More
76th DGA Awards Preview and Predictions: Christopher Nolan is Winning, but What Races are Real Races?
Christopher Nolan will handily win his first DGA award this weekend for Oppenheimer, I can’t imagine anyone else winning or anyone that would predict otherwise.... Read More
74th American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Awards: ‘Anatomy of a Fall,’ ‘The Holdovers,’ ‘Past Lives,’ ‘The Bear,’ ‘Succession’ Among Nominees
American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced today the nominations for the 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing outstanding editing in 14 categories of film, television and... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
Is it just me or do you feel weirdly calm about what’s making it into Best Picture and that it’s going to be the PGA... Read More
USC Scripter Awards: ‘American Fiction,’ ‘Origin,’ ‘Slow Horses,’ ‘The Crown’ Among Nominees
The USC Libraries named the finalists for the 36th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the writers of the year’s most accomplished film and episodic... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 78 – ‘The Holiday’ (Nancy Meyers, 2006) 
Hollywood Biopics and Mental Health Through the Lenses of ‘The Aviator’ (2004), ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (2001) and ‘Love & Mercy’ (2014) 
2024 Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Winners: ‘The Substance” Dominates 
2024 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Nominations