AwardsWatch - oscars 2019

Frontrunner Friday – Annapurna in flux; category changes

Erik Anderson October 12, 2018

After last week’s drops of trailers for Vice and The Mule, this week’s Frontrunner Friday brings us a few changes that may or may not... Read More

Oscars: Shortlists to be revealed in nine categories on the same day

Erik Anderson October 12, 2018

For the first time since 1979 we’ll have shortlists in Original Score and Original Song The Academy announced yesterday that instead of dropping shortlists in... Read More

Netflix lines up its Oscar hopefuls: ROMA, 22 July, Buster Scruggs, Kindergarten Teacher main pushes

Erik Anderson October 11, 2018

Netflix, which broke through the Oscars last season with above-the-line Academy Award nominations for Mudbound (and also establishing two pieces of Oscar history in the... Read More

87 Countries to Compete for Foreign Language Film Oscar

Erik Anderson October 9, 2018

The final list is in and 87 countries have qualified to compete for the Foreign Language Film Oscar. Afghanistan’s entry, Rona, Azim’s Mother, was not on... Read More

Frontrunner Friday: ‘The Mule,’ ‘Vice’ trailers take aim at Oscar voters

Erik Anderson October 5, 2018

Two big trailer drops both impact multiple Oscar races in this week’s Frontrunner Friday. First was Vice, Adam McKay’s satire of the rise of Dick... Read More

Double and Triple Takes: How actors with multiple films this season can boost their awards prospects

Erik Anderson October 2, 2018

Sometimes an actor can knock a single performance out of the park so definitively that an Oscar nomination or even a win can seem inevitable.... Read More

2019 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)

Erik Anderson September 21, 2018

What a difference the fall festivals make. The top 10 for September is teeming with green as Venice, Telluride and Toronto brought the top Oscar... Read More