SXSW 2025 Reviews: ‘Another Simple Favor,’ Death of a Unicorn,’ ‘The Accountant 2’
In my first dispatch for the 2025 SXSW Film Festival, I take a look at three of the headliners from the festival line-up that features... Read More
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We’re Not Dunne Yet: A ‘Gone Girl’ 10th Anniversary Retrospective and its Deserved Oscar Legacy
Our relationship to pop culture is deeply personal. Yes, there are numerous monoculture moments, starting with The Beatles and Elvis causing mass hysteria on The... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 64 – ‘To the Wonder’ (Terrence Malick, 2012) with Special Guest Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com
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
Ben Affleck to Receive Inaugural Visionary Icon & Creator Tribute at 33rd Gotham Awards for ‘AIR’
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today that AIR, the Amazon MGM Studios sports dramedy directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Ben Affleck, will receive... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast #177: Reviewing Ben Affleck’s ‘Air,’ and our favorite ‘based on a true story’ films
On episode 177 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributor Nicole Ackman and Dan Bayer give their thoughts... Read More
From the moment I saw him as a kid, just like every other kid and person in the world, I wanted to be Michael Jordan.... Read More
‘Deep Water’ review: Adrian Lyne delivers an erratic thriller that puts us in a state of Ana-fflecktic shock [Grade: D]
For a director who has only made nine films in forty-two years, Adrian Lyne has mastered the art of choosing a lane and staying in... Read More
FINAL 2022 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR
Only Troy Kotsur (CODA) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) have made all precursors this season, and as two of the most unlikely... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Globes, SAG, and BAFTA, oh my!
What a week, right? It wouldn’t be awards season without chaos and we got that from the Golden Globe winners, BAFTA longlists and Screen Actors... Read More
AwardsWatch Oscar Podcast #86: SAG nominations and BAFTA longlist reactions with Christina Jeurling Birro
On podcast #86 I welcome, for the first time, Christina Jeurling Birro, of Pop Culture Confidential. You probably know Christina from her PCC podcast, which... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10