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When Oscar Bait Fails: How Film Festival Response Makes or Breaks a Film

What has happened to this Oscar season? The Toronto International Film Festival, currently underway, is normally the jumping off… Read More

September 14, 2015

One of the most anticipated films to hit the festival circuit, Suffragette, debuted at Telluride last night to mostly… Read More

September 5, 2015

The Danish Girl, the long-awaited first trailer for one of the most anticipated Oscar films of the fall is… Read More

September 1, 2015

Sometimes timing is everything. If you look at past schedules for the Toronto International Film Festival you'll notice a… Read More

August 25, 2015

In a dramatic change-up, Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) has passed Cate Blanchett (Carol) to be the new queen of the Best… Read More

August 4, 2015

The first collection of posters for the Toronto and Venice entry The Danish Girl from Focus Features and starring Oscar winner… Read More

August 1, 2015

As is often the case with Awardswatch and our Gold Rush Gang, the Best Actress race is usually our best… Read More

July 3, 2015

As what happened in our Best Picture chart, The Revenant from 20th Century Fox is also losing steam in Best Director.… Read More

June 3, 2015

The trailer for Sarah Gavron's Suffragette from Focus Features is here and it looks to be a major Oscar player… Read More

June 3, 2015

Can Leonardo DiCaprio ever catch a break? Every time it seems he has the role that will net him that… Read More

May 6, 2015