2015 Oscars: The Imitation Game, Foxcatcher and Selma – How Controversy Becomes Campaigning
It happens almost every year at this time. No, not post-Christmas malaise or New Year’s celebrations but emergence of controversies about Oscar films based on... Read More
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Critics roundup, part 4: Beyond our borders
For this installment of our roundup series, we look across US borders to some international critics organizations, more specifically those in Toronto and London, but... Read More
TRAILER: Big Eyes finally shows up to the 2015 Oscar race
After nearly a year of very little to offer in the way of what this movie was going to look or feel like, The Weinstein... Read More
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby gets a trailer
The story of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is a complicated one. It’s not a movie, it’s three movies. Originally meant to be two films... Read More
Contender or Pretender Series: Big Eyes
Welcome to the latest installment of Awardswatch’s Contender or Pretender 2014. This week we tackle Big Eyes, the real-life story of painting couple Margaret and... Read More
Contender or Pretender Series: Inherent Vice
Welcome to the latest entry of Contender or Pretender 2014! Our Oscar hopeful this week is Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon... Read More
Grace of Monaco Moves to 2014
In a sudden move this week, Grace of Monaco, the Nicole Kidman-starrer about the tumultuous life of actress Grace Kelly and her ascension to royalty... Read More
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