All episodes

550: Inside the Edit: Oscar-Winning Editor Mikkel E.G. Nielsen on Wild Horse Nine!

549: From YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING to FJORD: Truth at the Movies in 2026 (with Christopher Rosen of The Ankler)

548: ‘You Can See Everything’ .... You’ve Never Seen Anything Like It. Christina Birro & Ryan McQuade Review

547: We Talk The Social Reckoning (Guest: Critic Jorge Tenreiro)

546: Dispatch from NYFF. Behemoth! + Digger Talk (with Ryan McQuade)

545: A Conversation with Palme d'Or–Winning Director Cristian Mungiu (Fjord)

544: Chris Rosen (The Ankler) Joins Us to Talk TIFF, La Bola Negra, Fall Films, and the Oscar Race!

543. Mini Review: Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes Doc "You Can See Everything". Telluride Film Festival Dispatch

542: Mini Review : "La Bola Negra": Dispatch from Telluride Film Festival 2026

541: Mini Reviews: "Wild Horse Nine" & "A Long Winter": Dispatch from Telluride Film 2026

540: Emmy Predictions 2026. Final Picks Before the Envelopes Open (Guest Eoin Daly)

539: A Conversation with Actor Steve Way! ('Furious')

538: Special Episode: Guesting on the AwardsWatch Podcast: Previewing the 53rd Telluride Film Festival

537: We Talk 'The End of Oak Street', 'The Invite', & TV's 'Furious' and 'Lanterns' (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

536: Director Brian L. Tan & Co-Producer Tara McNamara On Their Award-Winning Film 'Bandit' & Filmmaking Journey

535: Lupin to Blood Sacrifice: Creator and Showrunner George Kay's Global Playbook

534: The Best Movies of 2026, So Far! (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

533: Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.  Review & Deep Dive (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

532: The Footballer Who Vanished: Directors Ramiel Petros & Nicholas Freeman on Their Doc 'The Last Guest Of The Holloway Motel'

531: A Conversation With The Great K Callan! ('Ruth', Widow's Bay)

530: Guadagnino's 'Artificial' Dropped by Amazon. Google Invests in A24. AI: Hollywood's Big Dilemma? (Guest: Critic/Author John Bleasdale)

529: Emmys 2026! Nomination Predictions ft. Guest Eoin Daly

Episode 528: Unpacking and Reviewing Spielberg's Disclosure Day. Guest: Ryan McQuade

527: Entering the 'Backrooms' with Guests Production Designer Danny Vermette and VFX Supervisor Edward J. Douglas

526: Brittany Allen on Her Powerful Performance as Roxie on 'The Pitt'

525: Backrooms, Obsession & The YouTube Creators Filling Cinemas! (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

524: Dispatch 10: Final Cannes Report & The Award Winners! Guest, Ryan McQuade

523: Cannes Dispatch 9. Club Kid, Coward, The Man I Love & Jim Queen. Guest:Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch.

522: A Conversation with Sean Fennessey ('The Big Picture') at Cannes 2026

521: Cannes Dispatch 7. Cannes Unfiltered! Sales, Palme Buzz, the Palm Dog & Reviews! Guest Wendy Mitchell, Screen International

520: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 6. Reviews Koreeda, Gray & Dupieux (Guest: John Bleasdale

518: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 4. Gustaf Skarsgård & Peter Birro ('The Cannibal')

519: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 5! Review Paweł Pawlikowski's 'Fatherland' (Guest Sophia Ciminello – AwardsWatch)

517: Cannes Film Festival Dispatch 3. Review "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" (Guest Ryan McQuade)

516: Cannes Film Festival 2026. Dispatch 2 (Guest: Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch)

515: Cannes Film Festival 2026! Dispatch 1, a quick hello from Christina!

515: TV Talk! Hacks, Beef, Half Man, The Pitt, Emmy predictions & more (Guest: Eoin Daly)

Special Episode! AwardsWatch Podcast: New Oscar Rules and Preview of the 79th Cannes Film Festival with Special Guest Christina Birro

514: Our First Ever Summer Movie Draft! (Guests Jay Ledbetter & Ryan McQuade)

513: A Conversation About Lena Dunham's New Memoir 'Famesick' (Guest: Sophia Ciminello)

512: Cannes Film Festival 2026 Preview (Guest: Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch)

511: A Conversation With Writer/Director Mary Bronstein ('If I Had Legs I'd Kick You')

510: 'The Drama,' the Oscars Move, Scorsese & More. A Grab Bag Episode (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

509: Director Weronika Tofilska. Exploring Existential Themes, 'Baby Reindeer', and Netflix’s 'Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen'.

508: We Recap the 2026 Academy Awards! (With Guest Ryan McQuade)

507: Our 2026 Oscar Predictions! Guest Erik Anderson, AwardsWatch

506: The State of the Oscar Race. BAFTAs, PGAs & the Actor Awards with Ryan McQuade

505: Oscar Nominated Costume Designer Malgosia Turzanska on Designing Hamnet

504. Inside Train Dreams: A Conversation with Writer-Director Clint Bentley

503: Arian Moayed Returns! On Working with Malala, 'Wonder Man', the 'Succession' Family & the Urgency of Art

502: Revisit! Alexander Skarsgård on Pillion, Career Highlights & Creative Risks (Live from Stockholm Film Festival)

501: Breaking Down the 2026 BAFTA & WGA Nominations (Guest Eoin Daly)

Episode 500: Breaking Down the 2026 Oscar Nominations! (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

499: Our Most Anticipated Movies 2026 (Guests Jay Ledbetter & Ryan McQuade)

498: A Conversation with Production Designer Fiona Crombie on Hamnet, Love, Grief, and Shakespeare

497. Golden Globes 2026 Reactions! The Wins & the Surprises. (Guest Ryan McQuade)

496: Critics Choice Awards Instant Reactions With Christina Birro & Ryan McQuade (AwardsWatch)

495: Counting Down Our 20 Best Movies of 2025 (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

494: Our Reactions to the Latest Critics Awards, Critics Choice, Globes Nominations & the Road to the Oscars (w/ Ryan McQuade)

493: Alexander Skarsgård. Live Interview from the Stockholm International Film Festival

492: The Biggest Pop Culture Moments of 2025! (Guest Ryan McQuade)

491: The Top Movie Performances of 2025 (with Guest Erik Anderson of AwardsWatch)

490: A Conversation with Michael Strassner, Writer and Star of ‘The Baltimorons’

489: Benny Safdie. Live Interview from the Stockholm International Film Festival

488: Coming Attractions: End of the Year Movie Roundup (Guest Ryan McQuade)

487: A Conversation with Rebecca Miller . On 'Mr. Scorsese', Her Portrait of the Filmmaker

486: A Conversation With Gustaf Skarsgård ('To Cook A Bear')

485: Awards Season Heats Up: Contenders & Predictions / Plus: Rebecca Miller’s Mr. Scorsese (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

484: From One Battle After Another and Hamnet to Sentimental Value and Weapons - The 2025 Cinematic Trend: Parenthood on Film (Guest: Critic J. Don Birnam)

483: Becoming Aunt Gladys: The Makeup & Special Effects Behind Weapons (Guests: Artisans Leo Satkovich & Jason Collins)

482: A Conversation with Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Breakout Star of 'Sentimental Value'

481: “One Battle After Another” — Paul Thomas Anderson’s Cinematic Knockout (with Guest Ryan McQuade)

480: A Conversation with Writer-Director Joachim Trier, 'Sentimental Value', Family & Relationships

479: And the Emmy Goes To… 2025 Emmys Predictions! (Guest Tyler Doster, AwardsWatch)

478: Telluride Dispatch: Hamnet, Jay Kelly, Bugonia & the Performances to Watch (Guests: The AwardsWatch Team)

477: Bruce Springsteen at the Movies: Looking Ahead to the Upcoming Biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere (w/ Ryan McQuade)

Episode 476: Zach Cregger’s Weapons – Review & Deep Dive (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

475: The State of Cinema, 'Weapons', Nolan Fever, Telluride & More with Guest Sean Fennessey, The Big Picture

474: 'Darkness Visible' – A New Book on Jonathan Glazer & Venice Film Festival Highlights (With Author And Critic John Bleasdale)

473: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Cancelled — What It Means for Late Night. Plus Film Festival Lineups & Emmy Nom Reactions! (with guest Ryan McQuade)

472: Summer Encore — Taylor Dearden on ‘The Pitt,’ Medical Boot Camp & Crafting Dr. Mel King

471: The Odyssey Teaser, Summer Movie Reviews & More (Guest: Ryan McQuade)

470: Actor Alexej Manvelov — On His Standout Performance as Akram in 'Dept. Q' and His Remarkable Journey

469: Summer Screams —Horror Thrives in the Heat (with Guest Eoin Daly)

468: Best Films of the Decade (So Far!) with Guest Ryan McQuade

467: A Conversation with Tony Gilroy — Andor Season 2, Revolution, and the Forces & Choices That Drive Us

Episode 466: And That’s a Wrap: Cannes 2025 with guest Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch

465: Interview: Stellan Skarsgård (‘Sentimental Value’)

464: Dispatch 4 from Cannes 2025: The Phoenician Scheme, Pillion, Urchin & The Chronology of Water. Guest John Bleasdale, critic & author

463: Dispatch 3 from Cannes 2025: Eddington, The Plague, Sound of Falling & Mission: Impossible with Ryan McQuade

462: Dispatch 2 from Cannes 2025 with Ryan McQuade! – On Tom Cruise & McQuarrie, Neon’s Cannes Reign & De Niro

461: Dispatch 1 from Cannes 2025 – From the Opening Press Conference with Jury President Juliette Binoche, Jeremy Strong & More

Special Episode! AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 287 – 78th Cannes Film Festival Preview with Guest Christina Birro

460: Countdown to Cannes — Mission: Impossible, The Franchise, and The Final Reckoning (with Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch)

459: A Conversation With Barbie Ferreira ('Euphoria', 'Nope') On Her New Film 'Bob Trevino Likes It'

458: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, Oscar Rule Changes & Iconic Movie Twins (with Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch)

457: Emmy-Winning Editor & Co-Producer Timothy Good ('The Last of Us') Unpacks the Powerful & Heartbreaking Season 2, Episode 2

456: Our Reactions to the Cannes Film Festival 2025 Lineup (with Ryan McQuade, AwardsWatch)

455: Inside 'Adolescence': A Conversation with Actor Christine Tremarco

453: We Talk TV – Adolescence, Severance, The White Lotus, The Studio & More (with Tyler Doster, AwardsWatch)