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1st Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) awards names ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Best Picture

Erik Anderson January 7, 2022

The Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF), a newly formed organization of critics based in or around the Central Florida area, revealed its first ever... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (December)

Erik Anderson December 20, 2021

Of the critics’ groups who give out production design wins, Dune has earned two while The French Dispatch, Nightmare Alley and West Side Story have... Read More

AwardsWatch Oscar Podcast #84: Oscar Shortlist predictions with Will Mavity

Erik Anderson December 20, 2021

It’s almost Christmas but the real gift for awards watchers is the Oscars shortlist announcement! On this 84th podcast, I’m joined by Will Mavity of... Read More

Black Reel Awards: ‘The Harder They Fall’ sets record with 20 nominations, women directors make history

Erik Anderson December 16, 2021

The nominations for the 22nd Annual Black Reel Awards were announced today and Jeymes Samuel’s all-Black western The Harder They Fall broke all records with... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (December)

Erik Anderson December 16, 2021

We won’t have guild nominations for film editing (ACE) and cinematography (ASC) until next month but there are a few critics groups who expand outside... Read More

St. Louis Film Critics nominations: ‘Licorice Pizza,’ ‘West Side Story’ lead

Erik Anderson December 12, 2021

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza and Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story led the St. Louis Film Critics Association nominations today with 8 apiece, including Best... Read More

African American Film Critics name Top 10 Films of 2021: ‘The Harder They Fall,’ ‘Passing,’ ‘West Side Story’ and more

Erik Anderson December 8, 2021

The Harder They Fall headlined the African American Film Critics Association’s annual list of the top 10 films of the year. The film, directed by... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (November)

Erik Anderson November 24, 2021

Every couple of years, the Oscars and other awards groups like to trot out ‘The Year of the Woman’ in a way that acts more... Read More

2022 Oscars: Is ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ poised to be latest Shakespeare adaptation to make an awards season splash?

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2022 Oscars: Is ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ poised to be latest Shakespeare adaptation to make an awards season splash?

Andrew Carden November 22, 2021

With a combined 31 Oscar nominations among them, including 10 wins, writer/director Joel Coen and actors Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand are among the most... Read More

2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (November)

Erik Anderson November 16, 2021

It’s an embarrassment of riches this year, the production design and costume design categories. Whether it’s taking us to faraway worlds, to gothic Scotland, to... Read More

the tragedy of macbeth

1st Critics Association of Central Florida (CACF) awards names ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ Best Picture

2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (December)

AwardsWatch Oscar Podcast #84: Oscar Shortlist predictions with Will Mavity

Black Reel Awards: ‘The Harder They Fall’ sets record with 20 nominations, women directors make history

2022 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (December)

St. Louis Film Critics nominations: ‘Licorice Pizza,’ ‘West Side Story’ lead

African American Film Critics name Top 10 Films of 2021: ‘The Harder They Fall,’ ‘Passing,’ ‘West Side Story’ and more

2022 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (November)

2022 Oscars: Is ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’ poised to be latest Shakespeare adaptation to make an awards season splash?

2022 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN and COSTUME DESIGN (November)

Trapped In a Loop: I Watched ‘Until Dawn’ Six Times in One Night and Survived…Barely

Golden Globes Set Mid-January Date for 2026 Awards on CBS

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 96 – ‘Braindead’ (Peter Jackson, 1992)

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Trapped In a Loop: I Watched ‘Until Dawn’ Six Times in One Night and Survived…Barely

Golden Globes Set Mid-January Date for 2026 Awards on CBS

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 96 – ‘Braindead’ (Peter Jackson, 1992)

Focus Features Sets Thanksgiving Release for Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal

Film Festivals

Cannes 2025: Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Die, My Love’ with Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson Added to Comp; Kristen Stewart’s ‘The Chronology of Water’ Lands Sidebar Premiere

30th Nantucket Film Festival Sets June Dates with ‘Twinless,’ ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night,’ ‘Jaws @ 50’ Doc and More

Alice Rohrwacher Named President of the Caméra d’or Jury of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival

Sophie Hyde’s ‘Jimpa,’ starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow, to Open Both NewFest and Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Festivals

2025 Tribeca Festival Television Lineup Includes World Premieres of ‘Smoke’ with Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett, ‘The Gilded Age’ Season 3 and More

Awards

91st Drama League Awards Nominations: Big Shows, Big Stars Lead the Way

George Lucas, Steven Spielberg to Present Francis Ford Coppola the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award

85th Peabody Awards: ‘Hacks,’ ‘Ripley,’ ‘Say Nothing,’ Among Entertainment Nominees

2025 SFFILM Celebrates Scientific Excellence in Lee Isaac Chung’s ‘Twisters’ with $20,000 Sloan Science in Cinema Prize

European Film Awards (EFA) Move to January 2026 in the Heart of Awards Season

Podcasts

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 96 – ‘Braindead’ (Peter Jackson, 1992)

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 284 – Reviewing ‘Sinners’ and Discussing Horror Films of the Last 25 Years

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 95 – ‘Ishtar’ (Elaine May, 1987)

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 283 – Reviewing ‘Warfare’ and Breaking Down the 2025 Cannes Film Festival Lineup

Director Watch Podcast Ep. 94 – ‘Mikey and Nicky’ (Elaine May, 1974)