It’s a Family Affair: Ronan Day-Lewis on Creating a Modern Fable and the Father-Son Collaboration Behind ‘Anemone’ [Interview]
Ronan Day-Lewis is no stranger to the world of filmmaking. As the son of three-time Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis and writer-director Rebecca Miller, he... Read More
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‘Mr. Scorsese’ Review: Rebecca Miller’s Conventional Yet Deeply Tender Docuseries Examines Cinema’s Finest Auteur [B+] NYFF
“There is only one Martin Scorsese,” an evergreen statement made by the famed director’s longtime friend and legendary filmmaker in his own rights, Steven Spielberg,... Read More
‘Anemone’ Review: Daniel Day-Lewis is a Force of Nature in this Modern, Familial Folktale [B] NYFF
When Daniel Day-Lewis shared that he was taking a break from acting after completing Phantom Thread, many wondered what he would do next. Was he... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 25 – ‘Phantom Thread’ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017)
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
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 22 – ‘There Will Be Blood’ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2007)
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
‘Gangs of New York’ at 20: All the beauty and the bloodshed of Martin Scorsese’s 1860s New York City immigrant mobster tale still holds [Retrospective]
I can still remember walking out of the AMC theater in Framingham, Massachusetts after hearing U2’s powerful song The Hands That Built America and marveling... Read More
What Some of This Year’s Oscar Winners and Nominees Have Coming Up in 2018
Wondering what this year’s directing and acting Oscar winners and nominees are up to for 2018? Check out what’s up next for Guillermo del Toro,... Read More
2018 BAFTA Preview and Predictions: Dunkirk, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards all in the mix
BAFTA is this weekend and, like the Oscars, there’s a lot that seems up in the air – especially in the top category. There are... Read More
AwardsWatch Forums’ 50 Favourite Performances of 2017
For the last five years, the AwardsWatch forums have compiled their 50 Favourite Performances of the year and the results for 2017 are in. Once we... Read More
2018 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR – Gary Oldman Charges Through
What more is there to say about Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour from Focus Features) and is security as the next Best Actor Oscar winner? He... Read More
2026 True/False Film Fest Dispatch #1: ‘The Oldest Person in the World,’ ‘Broken English’ 
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