On episode 206 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributor Sophia Ciminello recap the AFI FEST 2023. Before they... Read More
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When Martin Scorsese’s debut film, Who’s That Knocking at My Door?, played at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1967, then-novice film critic Roger Ebert... Read More
The top three in both Adapted (Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Things) and Original (Barbie, The Holdovers, Past Lives) remain in place and... Read More
There’s a potential for Oscar history in this category as this year finds more women as top tier contenders than ever before. Only once in... Read More
IMAX, black & white and 1.33:1 aspect ratios have flooded theaters this year, offering audiences one of the most varied visual seasons in years, many... Read More
After witnessing the magnificence of The Irishman, one of Martin Scorsese’s late-career masterpieces, I told myself that I would have been satisfied if I had... Read More
Fantasy, history and period biopics are what you can expect to find in one of the deepest bench categories of the season, Production Design. While... Read More
Big names are set to take up a lot of space in Costume Design this year with Jacqueline Durran (Barbie), Mark Bridges (Maestro) and Janty... Read More
Vroom vroom, bitches. While we may not have any jets breaking the sound barrier this year, we do have one of the sound branch’s other... Read More
Since merging Original Dramatic Score and Original Musical or Comedy Score back in 1999, animated films (which were considered comedy or musical by submission standards)... Read More

AwardsWatch Podcast #206: Gotham Awards Noms, AFI FEST 2023 Recap and more
Wiseguys, Killers, and Saints: Ranking the Films of Martin Scorsese from ‘Mean Streets’ to ‘GoodFellas’ to ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
2024 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
2024 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (October)
2024 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Review: Martin Scorsese Crafts an Elegiac Masterpiece Filled with Beauty and Bloodshed
2024 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (October)
2024 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN (October)
2024 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (October)
2024 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (October)
‘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