AwardsWatch - new york film festival

56th New York Film Festival brings Coen Brothers, Barry Jenkins, Claire Denis, Cannes winners

Erik Anderson August 7, 2018

The New York Film Festival has announced the main slate for its 56th and it features a wealth of NYFF favorites like Jean-Luc Godard (his... Read More

‘At Eternity’s Gate,’ Julian Schnabel’s Vincent Van Gogh bio with Willem Dafoe, to close 56th New York Film Festival

Erik Anderson August 1, 2018

Image credit: Lily Gavin [divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] New York, NY (August 1, 2018) – The Film Society of Lincoln Center announces Julian Schnabel’s At Eternity’s Gate as... Read More

Kate Winslet, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake and Jim Belushi in first trailer for WONDER WHEEL

Erik Anderson October 4, 2017

The first trailer for Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel, starring Kate Winslet is here and it has a decidedly darker tone than I would have expected.... Read More

Oscar Podcast #57: Entering Awards Season Without a Frontrunner

Erik Anderson September 25, 2017

It’s the first Oscar podcast after the big summer film festivals – Venice, Telluride and Toronto – and usually by now we have a frontrunner.... Read More

Oscar Podcast #56: Fall Festivals, Pre-Festival Release Contenders and Oscar Predictions Take Shape (of Water)

Erik Anderson August 9, 2017

With the Venice, Toronto and New York Film Festivals all having announced their slates for this year it was the perfect time to podcast. I... Read More

55th New York Film Festival Dominated by Amazon, Netflix as Mudbound, Meyerowitz Stories Join Slate

Erik Anderson August 8, 2017

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The main slate for the 55th New York Film Festival has been announced and it’s hard not to notice the domination... Read More

Oscar Podcast #55: New Academy Members, Fall Festivals and July Oscar Predictions

Erik Anderson July 11, 2017

This 55th Oscar podcast I’m joined by no less than three esteemed Gold Rush Gang members – Jason Osiason, Richard Anthony and Matt Dinn. We... Read More

INTERVIEW: Barry Jenkins on being an active ally, who he’s influenced by and the ensemble of MOONLIGHT

Erik Anderson October 19, 2016

I recently sat down for a conversation with writer/director Barry Jenkins to talk about his extraordinary new film Moonlight. The film tells the story of... Read More

New ‘Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk’ Featurette

Erik Anderson October 12, 2016

[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] This new featurette for one of the most anticipated films of the fall, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, gives us new... Read More

First trailer for Ava DuVernay’s prison doc ’13th’ is a story “150 years in the making”

Erik Anderson September 26, 2016

The first trailer for 13th, from Ava DuVernay (Selma), is a searing indictment on the enslavement of the black community in the United States... Read More

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