OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
Top 5 best George Clooney movies
Marcio Sallem @ Em Cartaz [Portuguese]
Interviews
Craig Robinson of “Peeples”
Jack Black
Matthew Thrift @ Little White Lies
John Boorman
Matthew Thrift @ Little White Lies
Podcast with Documentary Director AJ Schnack
Susanne Bier on Making Audiences Comfortable By Getting Out of Her Comfort Zone With “Love Is All You Need”
Stephen Saito @ The Moveable Fest
- Excerpt: The Oscar-winning director of “In a Better World” and “After the Wedding” returns in a lighter register for a romantic comedy that’s not without some weight and talks about not allowing cynicism to sneak in and why she must continue to challenge herself.
Tina Gordon Chism of “Peeples”
Xan Cassavetes on Pumping Blood Into the Vampire Passion Project “Kiss of the Damned”
Stephen Saito @ The Moveable Fest
- Excerpt: Nearly a decade after making the essential film lover’s doc “Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession,” the filmmaker talks about her narrative debut that would be a great fit on its airwaves, a decadent vampire tale that brings high class style to a down and dirty horror flick.
Festivals
Return to Noirville
- Excerpt: A lot of crime can be committed in two weeks. Murder, kidnapping, robbery — you name it, and you’ll find it in Cinema 21’s 13-day “Return to Noir Ville.” With eight classics and three modern throwbacks to the film noir genre, you’re sure to get your fill of wisecracking bruisers and devious dames.
Tributes
Ray Bradbury (1920-2013)
- Excerpt: CG animation? “Doesn’t interest me … takes the humanity out of fantasy.”
Special Effects Legend Ray Harryhausen Dies
Oscar Coverage
Oscar Preview: Weekend of May 3-5, 2013
- Excerpt: We give the preview treatment to “Iron Man 3,” “The Iceman” and “What Maisie Knew”
Other Articles
3 Reasons Why I’m Not Excited About the New Trailer for THE BUTLER
7 Totally Easy Steps to a Spoiler-Free Life
- Excerpt: ou will have to go out into the real world eventually, and unfortunately, you can’t program other people to mute themselves when discussing a TV show you’re not caught up on, or a film you haven’t seen yet. But here are a few tips for making your way through this spoiler-filled world nonetheless.
A Beginner’s Guide to Gangster Movies
- Excerpt: . These days, when we think of the gangster picture, we tend to focus on modern favorites like The Godfather and GoodFellas, but those films are descended from a rich heritage of tough, smart, timely pictures from the 1930s and 1940s. As you can see from this month’s ever so helpful Beginner’s Guide, the influence of those films has resonated for decades, from Cagney and Bogart to DeNiro and Pacino.
Black Superheroes, Fitz and Olivia’s Tired Love Affair and Hollywood’s Double Ethnic Problem
Deadly Premonition and Side Effects
Phil Villarreal @ COEDMagazine.com
Depois de Abril
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Documentary – Short Film on the afterwards of the Portuguese 1974 Revolution
El Despertar de Jaume
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Spanish-Portuguese Short Film Review
Do You Feel The Need For Speed? New Images From FAST & FURIOUS 6
Edinburgh International Film Festival Drops Cameo
La Elección
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Spanish Short Film Review
Hollywood Beat: Battle of the Streaming Services Heats Up
Iron Man 3 and the Rise of the Non-Soundtrack
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
Is European Cinema under Threat at Trade Talks?
Making Movies With Statistics Isn’t Just Artistic Suicide — It Won’t Work
- Excerpt: No one’s saying to hell with commerce and art for art’s sake; it’s a business, and that’s understood. But there should be some room for both.
Movie Mom Picks Wedding Flicks
Betty Jo Tucker @ Movie Addict Headquarters
- Excerpt: Nell Minow, A.J. Hakari and Betty Jo Tucker talk about wedding movies.
New Star Wars Film to Shoot on Skye?
Ray Harryhausen has passed on to the Land Beyond Beyond
Steve Biodrowski @ Cinefantastique Online
- Excerpt: Obituary for the great stop-motion effects expert
This Is Not The Jennifer Lawrence Admiration Post For Which You Are Looking
- Excerpt: I get it. She’s funny, charismatic and blonde. She’s like a Hollywood poster child. But can we talk about Silver Linings Playbook for a minute?
