2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (August)
We’re just a week away from the fall festival kick off with Venice in August 30 and Telluride on August 31, both of which will... Read More
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2024 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (August)
Barbenheimer strikes again, as Barbie and Oppenheimer each rise to the top spot of the respective screenplay categories, original and adapted. I know there is... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast #197: 2024 Oscar Predictions in the Top 8 Categories
On episode 197 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson and AwardsWatch contributors Zach Laws, and Josh Parham... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (July)
Not a lot of movement in the screenplay categories this month; Apple’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Universal’s Oppenheimer should be able to maintain... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast #190: Reviewing ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,’ Discussing Our Favorite Films and Performances of 2023 So Far
On episode 190 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, AwardsWatch Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Josh Parham and Zach Laws to review Indiana... Read More
Hollywood Critics Association 2023 Midseason HCA Awards: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ ‘Past Lives,’ ‘Air’ are Top Winners
Matt Damon, Greta Lee, Glenn Howerton, Viola Davis win acting awards The Hollywood Critics Association has announced today the winners of the 2023 HCA Midseason... Read More
‘Air,’ ‘Past Lives’ lead HCA Midseason Movie Awards Nominations with 7 Each
The Hollywood Critics Association has announced today the 2023 HCA Midseason Movie Awards nominees where Amazon Studios’ Air and A24’s Past Lives led the field.... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (June)
Amazon/MGM has officially dated Rachel Morrison’s Flint Strong, written by Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins and starring Ryan Destiny and Academy Award nominee Brian Tyree... Read More
Interview: Celine Song and Greta Lee who can recall their ‘Past Lives’
In Korean culture ‘in-yun’ is defined as the ties between two people over the course of their lives. Where their paths have crossed, even if... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (May)
Last year, I kicked off my Oscar predictions just after Cannes, after Ruben Östlund won his second Palme d’Or and took that win all the... Read More
2024 North Texas Film Critics Association (NTFCA) Nominations 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 78 – ‘The Holiday’ (Nancy Meyers, 2006) 
Hollywood Biopics and Mental Health Through the Lenses of ‘The Aviator’ (2004), ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (2001) and ‘Love & Mercy’ (2014) 
2024 Online Association of Female Film Critics (OAFFC) Winners: ‘The Substance” Dominates