Independent Spirit Awards predictions: ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Waves’ should prevail
Former AMPAS president John Bailey said last year that the Oscars were looking too much like the Spirit Awards. Like it’s a bad thing. Some... Read More
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2020 Oscars: Don’t Call It a Comeback Part 1 – Renée Zellweger, Alfre Woodard, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler
Sometimes a star comeback can be a huge narrative that propels an actor or actress to an Oscar win, whether it’s a second an overdue... Read More
‘The King,’ ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘Parasite’ earn 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards nominations (HMMA)
The composers for some of this season’s top contenders for the Original Score and Original Song Academy Award have earned nominations today from the Hollywood... Read More
‘The Farewell,’ ‘Last Black Man in San Francisco,’ ‘Marriage Story,’ ‘Uncut Gems’ Lead Gotham Awards Nominations
Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, Joe Talbot’s The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Uncut Gems from the Safdie Brothers topped... Read More
Adam Sandler bets it all in first ‘Uncut Gems’ trailer
The Safdie Brothers (Good Time) go Scorsese in their newest film, Uncut Gems, a crime thriller which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival to raves,... Read More
Oscar Predictions: Post-Telluride, mid-Venice, pre-TIFF set your sights on Renée Zellweger, Adam Driver and ‘Parasite’
With Telluride just finishing, Venice still underway, and Toronto starting tomorrow, we are smack in the middle of the fall festival kickoff of awards season... Read More
New films from Kelly Reichardt, Fernando Meirelles and the Safdie Brothers highlight 46th Telluride Film Festival lineup
Telluride Film Festival, presented by the National Film Preserve, today announced its official program selections for the 46th edition of the Telluride Film Festival. TFF’s... Read More
Telluride Film Festival: What We Can Expect to See
The Telluride Film Festival notoriously doesn’t announce its lineup until the day before the three-day mountain excursion but once we know what’s playing at Venice,... Read More
AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 345: Recapping the 79th Cannes Film Festival and Looking to the Awards Future 
‘The Beloved’ Review: Javier Bardem Makes a Meal Out of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Movie-Making Buffet [B] 
‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Review: Valeska Grisebach’s Observant Thriller Examines the Grey Zones of Morality [B+] 
‘Minotaur’ Review: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Timeless, Domestic Epic is an Unflinching Look at Putin’s Russia [A] Cannes