Ryan McQuade

Ryan McQuade

Ryan McQuade is the Executive Editor and film critic for AwardsWatch. He is the co-host of the AwardsWatch Podcast and Director Watch podcast.

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Renate Reinsve
Sentimental Value

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Chase Infiniti
One Battle After Another

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Amanda Seyfried
The Testament of Ann Lee

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Rose Byrne
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Updated October 23, 2025 9:57am

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Leonardo DiCaprio
One Battle After Another

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Wagner Moura
The Secret Agent

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Timothée Chalamet
Marty Supreme

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Joel Edgerton
Train Dreams

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Jeremy Allen White
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Updated October 9, 2025 9:26pm

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Teyana Taylor
One Battle After Another

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Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Sentimental Value

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Amy Madigan
Weapons

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Emily Watson
Hamnet

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Glenn Close
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Updated October 20, 2025 2:47pm

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Sean Penn
One Battle After Another

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Paul Mescal
Hamnet

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Stellan Sarsgaard
Sentimental Value

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Benicio del Toro
One Battle After Another

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Jacob Elordi
Frankenstein

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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER movie poster
One Battle After Another

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IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT movie poster
It Was Just an Accident

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HAMNET movie poster
Hamnet

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Sentimental Value movie poster
Sentimental Value

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FRANKENSTEIN movie poster
Frankenstein

Updated October 23, 2025 9:55am

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Sentimental Value movie poster

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IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT movie poster

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SINNERS movie poster

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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER movie poster

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HAMNET movie poster

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TRAIN DREAMS movie poster

Written by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar

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BUGONIA movie poster

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