AwardsWatch - dee rees

Sundance Review: ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ plays like an awards season cast-off

Joshua Encinias January 28, 2020

Not even half a dozen Oscar winners and nominees can save a story that manages to be both formulaic and convoluted “It’s just a hard... Read More

Trailer for Sundance thriller ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ from Academy Award nominee Dee Rees

Erik Anderson January 23, 2020

Adapted from the Joan Didion novel of the same title, The Last Thing He Wanted is set against the nebulous milieu of the Iran-Contra scandal.... Read More

2020 Sundance Juries: Dee Rees, Isabella Rossellini, Ethan Hawke, Gregg Araki and more

Erik Anderson January 14, 2020

Sundance Institute will gather 25 celebrated and revered expert voices across film, art, culture and science to award feature-length and short films shown at the... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (April)

Erik Anderson April 15, 2019

This year is going to be chock full of powerhouse directors that have already been nominated for and won this award. Sam Mendes (1917), Martin... Read More

Netflix reteams with Dee Rees for Joan Didion political thriller ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ with Anne Hathaway

Erik Anderson May 25, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Hot off being the first black woman ever nominated for the Adapted Screenplay Oscar (for Netflix’s Mudbound), Dee Rees is back... Read More

From Timothée Chalamet to Rachel Morrison: 11 Ways the Oscars Could Make History This Year

Erik Anderson February 26, 2018

Now I know it’s looking like a lot of these races are locked up but there more than a handful of things that could happen,... Read More

2018 Oscars: The Snubs, the Surprises, the Facts and the Stats

Erik Anderson January 23, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards have been announced and what, did you not expect some shocking snubs and surprise... Read More

Directors Guild of America (DGA) Preview and Predictions

Erik Anderson January 10, 2018

The Directors Guild of America announced their nominees for Television and Feature Documentary today but tomorrow is their reveal of the nominees for Outstanding Directorial... Read More

‘Get Out’ Leads 2017 Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle (CIFCC) Nominations

Erik Anderson December 24, 2017

Capping off their second year as a recognized awards-voting body, the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle has announced their nominees for the second annual CIFCC... Read More