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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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
Two music artist-driven shows found themselves on the top of the Tony nominations this morning with the play Stereophonic and the musical Hell’s Kitchen earning... Read More
With its 2004-perfect styles and needle drops (not to mention cultural references), Mark Waters’s Mean Girls should feel like a relic of the George W.... Read More
Oppenheimer led the U.K. Film Critics Association (UKFCA) winners announcement this morning with three awards: Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, Cillian Murphy. The atomic... Read More
The San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) broke from every critics group to announce so far, naming Kelly Fremon Craig’s Are You There God? It’s... Read More
Lionsgate announced on Friday that 12-year-old Abby Ryder Fortson, best-known for her scene-stealing performances in Marvel’s Ant-Man series, will play Margaret Simon and Academy Award... Read More
Will Ferrell has made a career of spoofing industries, having roasted everything from television news and politics to NASCAR, ice skating and basketball. His latest is... Read More
Double and Triple Takes: How actors with multiple films this season can boost their awards prospects
Double and Triple Takes: How actors with multiple films this season can boost their awards prospects
Sometimes an actor can knock a single performance out of the park so definitively that an Oscar nomination or even a win can seem inevitable.... Read More
Last fall we were pretty excited for the prospect of the Sebastián Leilo’s English-language debut Disobedience, starring Oscar winner Rachel Weisz and Oscar nominee Rachel McAdams,... Read More

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 65 – ‘Knight of Cups’ (Terrence Malick, 2015) with special guest Jesse Nussman
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 64 – ‘To the Wonder’ (Terrence Malick, 2012) with Special Guest Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com
2024 Tony Nominations: ‘Stereophonic,’ Breaks Play Record, Ties Musical ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ to Lead with 13 Each
‘Mean Girls’ Retrospective: 20 Years Later and It’s Still Fresh and Oh So Fetch
U.K. Film Critics Association (UKFCA) Awards: ‘Oppenheimer,’ Rachel McAdams Prevail
San Diego Film Critics Society (SDFCS) Awards: Kelly Fremon Craig’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.’ Named Best Picture
Rachel McAdams, Abby Ryder to star in Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ for Lionsgate
Film Review: Despite some high notes, ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’ feels like an uninspired cover
Faith and Love Collide in the Trailer and Poster for ‘Disobedience’ starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams
‘Jay Kelly,’ ‘Hamnet,’ ‘Pluribus,’ ‘Task’ and More on AFI’s Top 10 Films and Television of 2025 Lists
‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award
National Board of Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ Tops in Film, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor; Netflix Lands Four in Top 10