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- 'Pillion' Review: Alexander Skarsgård Puts the Dom in Domesticity [A-]
‘Pillion’ Review: Alexander Skarsgård Puts the Dom in Domesticity [A-]
Hands grip, thighs clench, leather tightens. Colin (Harry Melling of The Queen’s Gambit and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs) is a parking cop by day and in a barbershop quartet with his father (The Great‘s Douglas Hodge) in pubs by night. Timid, teeth like jagged little pills, one night while he’s on an unsuccessful date he sees biker Ray (an unspeakably sexy Alexander Skarsgård).awardswatch.com - Australian Academy Award Winners (AACTA): 'One Battle After Another,' 'Bring Her Back' Lead
Australian Academy Award Winners (AACTA): ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Bring Her Back’ Lead
The Australian Academy Awards (AACTA) have been announced and One Battle After Another has won the international award for Best Film, with Paul Thomas Anderson as Best Director. Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme) bested Aussies Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton and Hugh Jackman for Best Actor, as well as Leonardo DiCaprio. Aussies Rose Byrne and Jacob Elordi won Best Actress and Supporting Actor, respectively, for…awardswatch.com - Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Calm Before the Storm (2/6/26)
Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: The Calm Before the Storm (2/6/26)
All is quiet on the western front this week with no changes across the board in the rankings from last week but that could all change tomorrow night as the Directors Guild of America (DGA) will be the first major guild of the season to have their say and, in doing so, potentially set the course for the next five weeks.awardswatch.com - DGA Awards Predictions: Is it a Paul Thomas Anderson Coronation or Can Ryan Coogler Prevail?
DGA Awards Predictions: Is it a Paul Thomas Anderson Coronation or Can Ryan Coogler Prevail?
The short answers, yes then no. Or maybe. Let's get into it. It's a titanic match-up, Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another) and Ryan Coogler (Sinners). Anderson is a longtime, unrewarded veteran nominated for the best reviewed film of his 30-year career in what would be his first DGA win. Coogler is one of only five Black directors even nominated at DGA and no Black director has ever won.awardswatch.com - How Writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt and the Oscar-nominated Hair and Makeup Team Behind ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Twisted Cinderella Into a Gruesome Cautionary Tale [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
How Writer-director Emilie Blichfeldt and the Oscar-nominated Hair and Makeup Team Behind ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Twisted Cinderella Into a Gruesome Cautionary Tale [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
The story of Cinderella is a tale nearly as old as time, with hundreds of interpretations dating back to Ancient Greece and found around the world. The Brothers Grimm penned one of the darkest renditions, Aschenputtel (1812), illustrating the grief of a mother’s passing, a blood-soaked golden shoe, and blindness as punishment for wicked deeds. Three Wishes for Cinderella…awardswatch.com - Director Watch Podcast Ep. 138 - 'Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles' (Chantal Akerman, 1975) with special guest Morgan Roberts
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 138 – ‘Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles’ (Chantal Akerman, 1975) with special guest Morgan Roberts
On episode 138 of the Director Watch Podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter are joined by Morgan Roberts, host of the Female Gaze; The Film Club podcast, to discuss the next film in their Chantal Akerman series, Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975). Welcome back to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, the boys attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of some of cinema’s greatest auteurs.awardswatch.com - SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including 'The Comeback' Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott
SXSW Adds 50+ Titles to 2026 Festival Slate Including ‘The Comeback’ Season 3, Two Thrillers with Adam Scott
South by Southwest today announced over 50 additions to the upcoming 33rd edition of the Film & TV Festival, taking March 12–18, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Among the highlights of the new additions are Vicky Jewson’s Pretty Lethal, a thriller film starring Uma Thurman and the buzzy young actresses Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, Avantika, Maddie Ziegler as ballerinas, Kevin Hamedani’sawardswatch.com - Interview: ‘A Poet’ filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto on How His Literary Madcap Comedy Came to Be
Interview: ‘A Poet’ filmmaker Simón Mesa Soto on How His Literary Madcap Comedy Came to Be
You probably know someone in your life who you wish would just get it together. You might love them and they might have an incredible talent bubbling at their surface, but they just can’t make it work. A Poet might very well remind you of that person. Simón Mesa Soto’s second feature film revolves around Oscar, an erratic middle-aged poet whose unemployment leads him to more drunken nights stumbling through the streets of Medellin than anyone may want.awardswatch.com - 'zi' Review: Kogonada's Latest is a Return to Minimalism But Frustratingly Unfocused [C+] Sundance
‘zi’ Review: Kogonada’s Latest is a Return to Minimalism But Frustratingly Unfocused [C+] Sundance
Kogonada has expressed many times that one of the most important elements of any film for him is the sense of place. In every single one of his films, location plays such an immense role in telling a story. His creative choices in precise production design, along with his philosophical writing style, have always helped us decipher and understand what his characters are dealing with internally.awardswatch.com - Gotham Film Institute Reveals Dates for 2026 Film and Television Awards
Gotham Film Institute Reveals Dates for 2026 Film and Television Awards
The Gotham Film & Media Institute (The Gotham) announced today that the third annual Gotham TV Awards will be held on Monday, June 1, 2026, and the 36th Annual Gotham Awards will take place on Monday, November 30, 2026, both in New York. This year’s Gotham TV Awards will honor series in the following categories: Breakthrough Comedy Series; Breakthrough Drama Series; Breakthrough Limited Series; Breakthrough Nonfiction Series; Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series; Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series; Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series; Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series; Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series; Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited Series; Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast or Streaming; and Outstanding Performance in an Original Film.awardswatch.com
