AwardsWatch - wes anderson

First trailer for Wes Anderson’s star-studded ‘The French Dispatch’ with Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and Timothée Chalamet

Erik Anderson February 12, 2020

The trailer for The French Dispatch, the 10th film from 7-time Academy Award nominee Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs) is here.... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Winners: ‘Touch Me Not,’ ‘Isle of Dogs,’ ‘The Heiresses’ and more

Erik Anderson February 24, 2018

Touch Me Not (above), the debut film Romanian director Adina Pintille and about the graphic sexual awakening of a 50-something woman, won the Berlin International Film... Read More

2018 Berlin Film Festival Review: ‘Isle of Dogs’

Erik Anderson February 15, 2018

Synopsis: In Japan, after a wave of dog-flu hits the city’s dogs, they are all exiled to trash island. Meanwhile, one of the dog’s owners... Read More

Wes Anderson’s Stop-Motion ‘Isle of Dogs’ Gets Release Date and Poster

Erik Anderson April 25, 2017

Wes Anderson’s next film, and his second stop-motion feature film (after Fantastic Mr. Fox), has a release date and an international poster. Isle of Dogs... Read More

Directors Guild of America (DGA) Winners – Iñárritu Beats Linklater

Erik Anderson February 7, 2015

Well, it happened; Alejandro G. Iñárritu has won the Directors Guild of America award for Best Director of 2014 for Birdman, besting perceived frontrunner Richard... Read More

Directors Guild (DGA) Preview and Predictions: Birdman and Boyhood Battle Again

Erik Anderson February 6, 2015

This year’s DGA winner is going to really help us figure out what is going on with this Birdman vs. Boyhood situation, right?. Or is... Read More

2015 Oscars: What’s In An Age?

Erik Anderson January 15, 2015

Thanks to AW forum member stage_star for this rundown of age stats for this year (and last year’s) nominees. BEST DIRECTOR Oldest nominee: Richard Linklater, age... Read More

Directors Guild of America (DGA) Nominate Clint Eastwood, Wes Anderson, Morten Tyldum and more

Erik Anderson January 13, 2015

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has chosen Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood)... Read More

Oscar Podcast #20: Post-SAG and Golden Globe Nominations (special guest Clayton Davis)

Erik Anderson December 13, 2014

Well, the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes announced their nominations this week and shocked us with noms for both Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler... Read More

Critics Roundup, part 1: San Diego, St. Louis, Detroit

Erik Anderson December 12, 2014

After the announcements in the past week by critics heavyweights NYFCC and LAFCA, the avalanche of smaller critics societies is slowly building. Although we of... Read More