AwardsWatch - judas and the black messiah

‘Mank’ leads Critics’ Choice Awards nominations with 12

Erik Anderson February 8, 2021

Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari was next with 10 nominations including Best Director, Best Actor (Steven Yeun), Best Supporting Actress (Youn Yuh-jung) and Best Ensemble David... Read More

Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nomination predictions: Screeners, streamers and Streepers, oh my

Erik Anderson February 2, 2021

At the risk of repeating myself year after year, screeners are the most important factor at the Screen Actors Guild. It’s practically right in the... Read More

Film Review: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ is powered by a fiery and brilliant performance from Daniel Kaluuya

Catherine Springer February 1, 2021

The giants of the Civil Rights movement of the ‘60s could be considered America’s original Avengers, and perhaps there is no better representative of their... Read More

AFI Awards: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah,’ ‘Minari,’ ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘The Mandalorian’ among film and television winners

Erik Anderson January 25, 2021

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today the recipients of AFI AWARDS 2020. AFI’s global Movie Club program will showcase the official selections beginning in... Read More

National Board of Review (NBR) preview and predictions: Will they fall in line or forge a new path?

Erik Anderson January 25, 2021

Normally, the National Board of Review sit in the driver’s seat of awards season. They’re always the first major group to announce ‘Best in Film’... Read More

New Mexico Critics: ‘Mank’ wins its first Best Picture prize; Mads Mikkelsen named Best Actor

Erik Anderson January 23, 2021

Mank, David Fincher’s behind the scenes saga of the writing of Citizen Kane, was named the Best Picture of 2020 by the New Mexico Film... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Promising Young Woman

Erik Anderson January 15, 2021

It was just last week that I mentioned in the January 15 Frontrunner Friday that those predictions would be posted just hours before I had... Read More

New trailer for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

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New trailer for ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

Erik Anderson January 12, 2021

Hot off the heels of the announcement that Shaka King’s Judas and the Black Messiah will world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Warner... Read More

Sundance 2021 adds ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ as world premiere

Erik Anderson January 12, 2021

The nonprofit Sundance Institute today added two more world premiere feature films to the 2021 Sundance Film Festival lineup. Shaka King’s Fred Hampton film Judas and... Read More