2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (October)
The fall festival season is over, the Gotham Awards nominations are in. Oscar season has begun. Always considered the kickoff of awards season, the Gotham... Read More
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Cast of ‘Sing Sing’ to Receive Social Justice Tribute at 2024 Gotham Awards
The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today that the cast of Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar and co-written by Clint Bentley and Kwedar, will... Read More
32nd Hamptons International Film Festival Lineup Announced, Clarence Maclin (‘Sing Sing’) to Receive Breakthrough Performer Award
HamptonsFilm announced today the full slate of programming for the 2024 edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) presented by Regina K. Scully’s Artemis... Read More
Interview: ‘Sing Sing’ Director Greg Kwedar Talks About the Power of Colman Domingo and Protecting His Formerly Incarcerated Cast
There are not many films this year that have been as critically acclaimed as the Greg Kwedar-directed Sing Sing. The film premiered to rapturous acclaim... Read More
How ‘Sing Sing’ and ‘Ghostlight’ Highlight the Power of Theater as Venues of Survival
Theater and cinema have always had a strange symbiotic relationship. While cinema has, over the decades, become more accessible to view than theater, theater is... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (July)
With full lineups of the Venice and Toronto film festivals announced, we’re finally in a place to make some educated Oscar predictions and rely a... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (July)
We got our first look at Gladiator II earlier this month and with it two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington, who brings some deep bench... Read More
Inaugural San Quentin Film Festival to Feature Jeffrey Wright, Mary Louise Parker, ‘Sing Sing’ Director Greg Kwedar and More as Jurors
The inaugural San Quentin Film Festival (SQFF), which will celebrate the work of current and formerly incarcerated filmmakers inside the San Francisco-adjacent prison, will take... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 233: ‘Furiosa’ Review, Cannes Winners, First Oscar Predictions
On episode 233 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson to discuss director George Miller’s latest film,... Read More
50th Seattle International Film Festival: Tributes for June Squibb, Jean Smart
261 films with 18 World, 26 North American, and 14 U.S. Premieres make up the lineup for the Festival’s 50th anniversary, screening at venues across... Read More
Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Leads with Record-Tying 14 
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 318 – The First Week of Awards Season with Critics Choice, Spirit Awards Nominations; NYFF, NBR, Gotham Winners 
Critics Choice Awards TV Nominations: ‘Adolescence’ Leads, Followed by ‘Nobody Wants This’ 
Michigan Movie Critics Guild Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another’ Leads with 12