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
prisoners
We are still working our way through interpreting today’s BAFTA nominations a bit, but there are more guilds announcing their nominations today, one of them... Read More
Since the Best Picture lineup was expanded to include more than 5 films four years ago, we have seen a couple of different scenarios: in... Read More
Over the last ten years, there have been a number of surprising nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category at the Oscars. They have ranged... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 8 – ‘Prisoners’ (Villeneuve, 2013)
ASC nominations, all seven of them. Wait, seven?
Oscar at 2013’s Box Office
Best Supporting Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures’ Track Record in the Best Supporting Actor Category
Film Academy Announces 2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships
On the Shelf: ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ ‘Red Sonja,’ ‘Hail, Caesar!’ in 4K plus ‘The History of Sound’ Arrive on Physical Media releases for the Week of March 23
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 145 – ‘Black Narcissus’ (Powell and Pressburger, 1947) with Special Guest Dave Giannini
‘Wishful Thinking,’ ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Among 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival Juried and Audience Award Winners