Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Give me a sign
The Screen Actors Guild Awards kicked the very fast Phase II of awards season into high gear, establishing two winners as undeniable frontrunners and opening... Read More
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2022 Oscars: Will there be a record number of biopic performances nominated at the Academy Awards?
Biopics are dominating the acting categories like never before in the lead-up to this year’s Oscar nominations. It is not shocking to see actors playing... Read More
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions (1/21/22): The calm before the storm
We have the Golden Globe winners, BAFTA longlists and Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations under our belts as we start to drift away from critics’ season (which isn’t quite over... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (December)
A canceled Golden Globes, a postponed Critics’ Choice ceremony. Is it even really awards season yet? Of course it is. We have dozens of critics... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE and INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (December)
The shortlists for Documentary Feature and International Feature Film came with the usual surprise inclusions and shocking snubs but also more or less solidified what... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (December)
The Academy came in with their Oscar shortlists yesterday, including Makeup & Hairstyling and Visual Effects and once again No Time to Die showed up... Read More
2022 Oscar shortlists announced: ‘Flee’ makes history plus Marvel’s big showing and surprising snubs
2022 Oscar shortlists announced: ‘Flee’ makes history plus Marvel’s big showing and surprising snubs
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 94th Academy Awards: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short Subject, International... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (December)
Of the critics’ groups who give out production design wins, Dune has earned two while The French Dispatch, Nightmare Alley and West Side Story have... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (December)
Best Actress is always the most exciting race of the season even when it’s not. I mean, it’s actresses, the bread and butter of awards... Read More
2022 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (December)
Of the critics groups who have screenplay winners, the overwhelming favorite in adapted is The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion’s adaptation of the 1967... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes