Erik Anderson

San Diego

Journalist at Freelance

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Daniel Battsek Named President of Film at Lincoln Center

2 weeks ago | awardswatch.com | Erik Anderson

Daniel Battsek has been appointed President of Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the art of cinema and home to the New York Film Festival. A widely respected film executive, Battsek most recently served as Chairman of Film4 in the U.K. He joins FLC with a wealth of experience in leading world-renowned film organizations and brings deep expertise in global film production, exhibition, distribution, and industry relations.
29th Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival Awards: ‘Emilia Pérez’ Dominates with Six Wins Including Best Picture and Best Actress

Jan 2, 2025 | awardswatch.com | Erik Anderson

Three awards go to The Brutalist and two each for Conclave, Dune: Part Two and WickedEmilia Pérez was the big winner of the 29th Capri, Hollywood – International Film Festival with six awards including Best Picture, Best Actress (Karla Sofia Gascon), Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Ensemble Cast. The film also won the Best Makeup and Hairstyling e Best Producers of the Year (Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, Valérie Schermann, Anthony Vaccarello).
Francis Ford Coppola to Receive 50th AFI Life Achievement Award

Oct 29, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Erik Anderson

The American Film Institute (AFI) Board of Trustees announced today that Francis Ford Coppola will be the 50th recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award, America’s highest honor for a career in film. The award will be presented to Coppola at a Gala Tribute at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on April 26, 2025.
Jane Fonda to Receive SAG-AFTRA’s Life Achievement Honor at the 2025 SAG Awards

Oct 17, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Erik Anderson

Two-time Academy Award winner, four-time Screen Actors Guild nominee, activist and philanthropist Jane Fonda will receive the Life Achievement Award from SAG-AFTRA at the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which Netflix will stream live on Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT.
2024 Telluride Film Festival Capsule Reviews: ‘Anora,’ ‘September 5,’ ‘The Piano Lesson’

Sep 6, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Erik Anderson

ANORA (dir. Sean Baker, NEON)Mikey Madison is truly an iconic star. As the spunky Ani, an exotic dancer from Brooklyn, Madison owns the screen every second she’s on it. She’s tough, good at her job and suffers no fools. Sean Baker, now on his fourth film featuring sex workers (is there something going on there?) manages at every turn to trap Madison in any of the hallmarks of sex worker debasement for the sake of entertainment.
Netflix Acquires Pablo Larraín’s ‘Maria’ Starring Angelina Jolie for U.S. Distribution

Aug 28, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Erik Anderson

On the eve of its world premiere at the 81st Venice Film Festival, Netflix announced it had secured U.S. rights to Maria, director Pablo Larraín’s biopic of legendary American opera singer Maria Callas, starring Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted).
Comparative outcomes of open mesenteric bypass after a failed endovascular or open mesenteric revascularization for chronic mesenteric ischemia

Aug 5, 2024 | ejves.com | Christopher Jacobs |Benjamin Jacobs |Amanda Filiberto |Erik Anderson

Introduction: Clinical practice guidelines have recommended an endovascular-first approach (ENDO) for the management of patients with chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI), whereas an open mesenteric bypass (OMB) is proposed for subjects deemed to be poor ENDO candidates. However, the impact of a previous failed endovascular or open mesenteric reconstruction on a subsequent OMB is unknown.
See Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in First Trailer for ‘A Complete Unknown’

Jul 24, 2024 | awardswatch.com | Erik Anderson

Searchlight Pictures has dropped the first full trailer for A Complete Unknown, James Mangold’s upcoming biopic of legendary musician Bob Dylan, starring Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet and set for a December release. Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, A Complete Unknown follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation.
Current Events & GeoPolitics with David Oliver

Jul 23, 2024 | natoassociation.ca | Erik Anderson

“In this episode of the NAOC podcast, Erik interviews David Oliver, a GeoPolitical Strategy Expert, on current events amongst NATO nations and the latest geopolitics involving Russia, China, and beyond. David has over 25 years of advising across sectors as diverse as finance, energy, mining, pharmaceuticals. He started his career in British Politics before moving into consulting. He’s is a published writer and broadcaster and the founder of the ⁠Minerva Wisdom Group⁠.
To CFIS or not CFIS: Canada’s Foreign Intelligence Service Quandary

Jul 9, 2024 | natoassociation.ca | Erik Anderson

The question of whether Canada needs a foreign intelligence service is not a new one. It’s been bandied about almost as long as Canada has had a domestic intelligence service. Created by an Act of Parliament in 1984, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was mandated only to include the collection of data and information which posed a domestic threat to Canada.