2026 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (November)
Here are my 2026 Oscar nomination predictions in Adapted Screenplay and Original Screenplay for November. ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 1. One Battle After Another (Warner Bros) Gotham... Read More
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2026 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (November)
With the official eligibility lists in for Documentary and International Feature Film, and without any glaring omissions from my first set of predictions, we can... Read More
‘Sentimental Value’ Leads 2026 European Film Awards Nominations
The nominations for the 38th European Film Awards were announced today where Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value earned six nods, the most of any film. Along... Read More
Interview: Jafar Panahi on Making a Statement of Forgiveness Rather Than Revenge with ‘It Was Just an Accident’
There has been no one in cinema making movies like writer-director Jafar Panahi. No literally, no one. Over the course of the last fifteen years,... Read More
2025 Middleburg Film Festival Days 1 and 2: ‘After the Hunt,’ ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,’ ‘Train Dreams’
Nestled in the rolling hills of Virginia’s Loudoun County, the Middleburg Film Festival feels like a not-so-secret handshake among cinephiles from the South Atlantic states.... Read More
‘Hamnet’ Wins Audience Award at 48th Mill Valley Film Festival
Today, the 48th Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF48) announced the winners of its Audience Awards after officially wrapping on Sunday, October 12. Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet,... Read More
38th European Film Awards (EFA) Shortlist: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘It Was Just an Accident,’ ‘Sentimental Value’ and More Make the Cut
The European Film Academy revealed the shortlist of 67 films that will be in contention for its EFA Awards, which will announce its nominations on... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (September)
With more nominations than any other country, France is in a unique position this year. Back with another Cannes winner (but without the baggage that... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 308 – The International Feature Film Oscar Race and Previewing the 63rd New York Film Festival
On episode 308 of the AwardsWatch podcast, Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello look at the competitive International Feature... Read More
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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