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We’re Not Dunne Yet: A ‘Gone Girl’ 10th Anniversary Retrospective and its Deserved Oscar Legacy

Eddie Mouradian September 27, 2024

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

AwardsWatch Podcast #208: Reviewing ‘The Killer’ and our Top 5 David Fincher Films

Podcasts

AwardsWatch Podcast #208: Reviewing ‘The Killer’ and our Top 5 David Fincher Films

Ryan McQuade November 13, 2023

On episode 208 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello and AwardsWatch contributor Jay Ledbetter discuss... Read More

‘The Killer’ Review: Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before | Venice

Adam Solomons September 3, 2023

That The Killer is David Fincher’s first film with a runtime under two hours in more than twenty years is a telling sign of its... Read More

AwardsWatch Podcast #196: Our Top 5 Modern Directors

Podcasts

AwardsWatch Podcast #196: Our Top 5 Modern Directors

Ryan McQuade August 7, 2023

On episode 196 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Sophia Ciminello, Zach Laws, and Josh Parham to discuss... Read More

Starry 2023 Venice Lineup Includes Cooper’s ‘Maestro,’ Coppola’s ‘Priscilla,’ Fincher’s ‘The Killer,’ Mann’s ‘Ferrari,’ DuVernay’s ‘Origin’

Erik Anderson July 25, 2023

Glitzy lineup marred by the inclusion of films from accused rapists and sexual assaulters like Woody Allen, Roman Polanski and Luc Besson The lineup for... Read More

FINAL 2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR

Erik Anderson April 21, 2021

Making history at the Oscars is always a great thing to celebrate but it’s also a measured response tempered by the fact that it took... Read More

FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR

Erik Anderson March 12, 2021

While I am comfortable predicting that we will get two female directors in this category for the first time in Oscar’s 93-year history, the question... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 25, 2020

It’s Chloé Zhao’s world, we’re just living in it. Ahead of the first critics’ awards I think any of us could have predicted that Chloé... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (November)

Erik Anderson November 27, 2020

Best Director is historically an exciting and often surprising category as this Academy branch has often reached outside of the Best Picture lineup (whether it’s... Read More