AwardsWatch - queen & slim

2020 Oscars: Can Lupita Nyong’o or Alfre Woodard win Best Actress as their film’s lone nomination?

Andrew Carden November 23, 2019

It’s not easy entering Oscar night as the lone nominee from your film. Just ask Glenn Close (The Wife) and Isabelle Huppert (Elle), both of... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: Keeping the ‘Spirit’ alive post-AFI FEST

Erik Anderson November 22, 2019

It’s the end of AFI FEST 2019 and just a day after the nominations for the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards. How much did these... Read More

AFI FEST review: ‘Queen & Slim’ is a searing and sobering story that must be told

Erik Anderson November 16, 2019

The opening of Queen & Slim, a Tinder first date between a Black couple (Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith, both excellent), is at first a... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (October)

Erik Anderson October 17, 2019

Although I still very comfortable with Renée Zellweger singing her way to a 2nd Oscar win in Judy, Charlize Theron in Bombshell is going to... Read More

‘Queen & Slim’ to open AFI Fest 2019

Erik Anderson August 27, 2019

AFI Alumna Melina Matsoukas’s Feature Film Directorial Debutto Launch 33rd Edition of Festival on Thursday, November 14 AFI FEST announced today that the debut feature... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (August)

Erik Anderson August 15, 2019

Things are starting to pick up in Best Actress but I’m still not budging on Cynthia Erivo completing her EGOT with Focus Features’ Harriet. The... Read More

Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith go Bonnie and Clyde in ‘Queen & Slim’

Erik Anderson June 23, 2019

Universal Pictures has released the first images and trailer for Queen & Slim, the upcoming feature film debut from Melina Matsoukas based on the novel... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (June)

Erik Anderson June 11, 2019

Original Screenplay sees some green this month as I move A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood over to Adapted, bumping up The Farewell, Harriet and... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (May)

Erik Anderson May 13, 2019

The screenplay categories are a bit convoluted with some contenders muddied as to whether or not they are truly original or truly adapted. We’ve seen... Read More