Director Watch Podcast Ep. 90 – ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ (Mike Nichols, 2007) with Special Guest Tom O’Brien
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
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Director Watch Podcast Ep. 23 – ‘The Master’ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 20 – ‘Magnolia’ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1999)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 19 – ‘Boogie Nights’ (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997)
Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of... Read More
Retrospective: ‘Almost Famous,’ still holding us closer 20 years later
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been 20 years since Almost Famous came out. A critical success but a commercial failure, it was nevertheless... Read More
Cooper Hoffman, son of Philip Seymour Hoffman, is the lead of Paul Thomas Anderson’s ’70s drama
Cooper Hoffman, son of the late Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, has been confirmed as the lead of the new film by Paul Thomas Anderson,... Read More
2015 Oscar Predictions: Best Supporting Actor – Norton Soars, J.K. Simmons Conducts a Coup
Edward Norton (Birdman) holds court once again and by a healthy margin. He receives only 1st and 2nd place votes from the Gold Rush Gang,... Read More
Awardswatch’s Best Actor Nominee Rankings – 2000s Edition
The Best Picture Rankings of the 2000s era nominees proved so popular that we’re back and this time counting down the Best Actor nominees! Awardswatch... Read More
A Look Back: What AwardsWatch Was Predicting a Year Ago
As we about to embark on the nonstop train that is the awards season, I took a look back at where AwardsWatch (then still AwardsDaily... Read More
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