2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s Updates Following Venice and Telluride
For Oscar pundits, phase one is now complete. The “way too early” stretch when predictions are stitched together from Sundance or Cannes crumbs is in... Read More
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Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ to Open 48th Mill Valley Film Festival, Star Jessie Buckley to Receive MVFF Award
Hot off its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival last week, Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet is set to open the 48th Mill Valley Film Festival... Read More
2025 Telluride Film Festival Recap: The Films, the Drama, the Parties, the Oscars and Oprah
The Telluride Film Festival is a bit of a fever dream. No matter where you’re coming from, the path to the quaint hamlet high up... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 305 – 2025 Telluride Wrap-Up
The 52nd Telluride Film Festival has wrapped up and that means it’s time for the AW team to gather and talk about what we saw,... Read More
Telluride Dispatch #3: Dad Mode with ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Frankenstein’
Day three of the 52nd Telluride Film Festival has revealed a striking theme woven through its lineup: imperfect fathers. Across many of the films I... Read More
‘Hamnet’ Review: Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal Will Break Your Heart in Chloé Zhao’s Timeless Tale of Profound Loss and Boundless Love [A] Telluride
“All that lives must die,/Passing through nature to eternity.” -Hamlet Act One, Scene 2 Early in Chloé Zhao’s staggering Shakespearean fairytale, Hamnet, Agnes (Jessie Buckley)... Read More
‘Hamnet’ Teaser Trailer Reveals Chloé Zhao’s Tale of an Untold Love Story with Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal
Focus Features has released the first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated new film from Oscar winner Chloé Zhao, Hamnet, an adaptation of the Maggie... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (August)
This is the last gasp of ‘good on paper’ predictions. Where most films still haven’t been seen but we bank on a director, a cast,... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 303 – 52nd Telluride Film Festival Preview
We’re a mere 11 days before the 52nd Telluride Film Festival kicks off on Labor Day weekend and we have a packed show. On episode... Read More
TIFF50: ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ ‘The Lost Bus,’ ‘Hamnet’ Headed to 50th Toronto International Film Festival
Benoit Blanc is headed back to the scene of the crime, Toronto, that is. The third film in Rian Johnson’s Knives Out trilogy, Wake Up... Read More
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists 
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards 
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award 
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10