2025 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (November)
With just a few boutique groups with nominations out already, the European Film Academy and British Independent Film Awards, we have only a few notable... Read More
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Adrien Brody to Receive Desert Palm Achievement Acting Award from Palm Springs International Film Awards
The Palm Springs International Film Awards has announced that Adrien Brody is the recipient of the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor, for his performance in Brady Corbet’s The... Read More
Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce to Receive Cinema Vanguard Award from Santa Barbara International Film Festival for ‘The Brutalist’
The Santa Barbara International Film Festival announced today that Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce will receive the Cinema Vanguard Award for Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist at the 40th annual Santa... Read More
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
Trailer Watch: Featurettes for ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Gladiator II,’ plus ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘September 5,’ ‘Maria,’ ‘Our Little Secret,’ ‘Severance’ Season 2, ‘Laid,’ and ‘Goosebumps: The Vanishing’
This week’s trailer watch round sees two film featurettes – for A Complete Unknown and Gladiator II – plus trailers for The Brutalist, September 5,... Read More
2024 Middleburg Film Festival Diary Days 1 and 2: ‘Blitz,’ ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail,’ ‘Better Man’
The Middleburg Film Festival is set against the picturesque backdrop of historic Virginia. The 12th edition of this wonderful event is taking place this weekend... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
With Emilia Pérez officially an adapted screenplay submission this is as good a time as any to kick off predictions for adapted and original screenplay.... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 257: New York Film Festival Wrap-Up and the Post-Fall Fest State of the Oscar Race
On episode 257 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello talk about some of our favorite... Read More
‘The Brutalist’ Review: Everything Old is New Again in Brady Corbet’s Monumental, Novelistic Epic | NYFF
Early in The Godfather Part II, a young, solitary Vito Corleone looks out the window at Ellis Island and sees The Statue of Liberty in... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (September)
With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals behind us, the race has changed quite a bit since early summer (or has it?). While Telluride... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (November) 
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