USC Scripter nominees: ‘Leave No Trace,’ ‘Beale Street,’ ‘Death of Stalin’
The USC Scripter honors the adapted screenplays for film and television plus the authors of the source material they’re adapted from. Today, the USC Libraries... Read More
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Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) predictions
Last year, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association went in for Call Me By Your Name, giving it Best Picture, Best Actor (Timothée Chalamet) and... Read More
Golden Globe Reactions from Olivia Colman, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone, Richard E. Grant and Rachel Weisz, more
The Fox Searchlight family earned 8 nominations across their films The Favourite, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, The Old Man & the Gun and Isle... Read More
Spirit Awards Nominations Predictions: Bet on ‘Beale Street,’ ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’
When John Bailey, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said the Oscars were starting to look like the Independent Spirit... Read More
Frontrunner Friday: More category changes, ‘Widows’ rises, Best Actress is a fight
It’s been yet another week of category changes but this time two about faces; just a week after Paramount announced Emily Blunt would be positioned... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (October)
The top 5 in Best Director this month stays the same with a bit of movement with that group. In fact, the top 10 is... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
The top 4 of If Beale Street Could Talk, BlacKkKlansman, Can You Ever Forgive Me? and Boy Erased hold tight this month as Widows creeps... Read More
Oscar Podcast #68: Fall festivals post-mortem and more with guest Kristy Puchko
On the 68th AwardsWatch Oscar podcast I am joined by Kristy Puchko, Managing Editor of Pajiba and we dig into what we saw at the... Read More
Frontrunner Friday – Annapurna in flux; category changes
After last week’s drops of trailers for Vice and The Mule, this week’s Frontrunner Friday brings us a few changes that may or may not... Read More
2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)
What a difference the fall festivals make. The top 10 for September is teeming with green as Venice, Telluride and Toronto brought the top Oscar... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (November) 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 72 – ‘Three Colours: Blue’ (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993) 
2025 Oscars: Eligibility Lists for Animated Feature, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards 
Nava Mau, Sean Wang Among 2024 BAFTA Breakthroughs Championing New ‘Must-Watch’ Creatives