OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
5 Favorites #183: Best of the 2020s So Far
Top 10 Forgotten Sitcoms You Wish You Had Seen
Interviews
A Conversation with Heather Courtney, Princess A. Hairston & Diane Quon (BREAKING THE NEWS)
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: Directors Heather Courtney (The Unafraid), Princess A. Hairston, and Chelsea Hernandez (Building the American Dream) teamed up on the new documentary about the founding and growth of the website The 19th*, entitled Breaking the News, which just premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival (where I reviewed it). It’s a marvelous examination of the importance of a diverse news team to best represent as great a variety of points of view as possible.
A Conversation with Irene Lusztig (RICHLAND)
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: Documentary director Irene Lusztig made one of my favorite films of 2018, Yours in Sisterhood, and she is now back with a new work that is quite different, but equally as worthy, entitled Richland, which just premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival (where I reviewed it). In the movie, Lusztig takes a close look at the town of Richland, Washington, located just south of the Hanford Nuclear Site, where plutonium used to build the bomb dropped on Nagasaki during World War II was created.
Taylor Mac’s 24 Decade History of Popular Music
Tribeca Interview with “Every Body” Director Julie Cohen
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: Filmmaker Julie Cohen has long worked alongside colleague Betsy West to deliver such terrific documentaries as Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, Julia, My Name Is Pauli Murray, and RBG. Her latest film, Every Body, just premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival (where I reviewed it), and this time, she is alone in the directing chair.
Awards Coverage
2023 Nomination Predictions: June
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Awards Landscape: Now Live!
The Friday Face-Off, The Ultimate List – Week #54
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Supporting Actress, 2000
Upcoming Film Previews
Afire
Challengers
Cobweb
Full Time
Joy Ride, Updated
Kraven the Hunter
Landscape with Invisible Hand
Love Gets a Room
Nimona
Passages
Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie
Til Death Do Us Part
Festival Coverage (General)
Il Cinema Ritrovato: de Garbo e Magnano no reencontro do desejo no cinema
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Por esta altura, o ‘banquete de cinema’ já deve estar num alto nível de preparação e prestes a ser servido pela Cineteca de Bolonha e o festival de cinema restaurado Il Cinema Ritrovato. Uma vez mais, a maior dificuldade será a melhor escolha. Sendo o pior inimigo o tempo para desfrutar de tantas iguarias fílmicas.
Karlovy Vary 20023: a 57ª edição apresenta competição oficial
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: A 57ª edição do Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, que decorre naquela cidade da Boémia, entre 30 Junho-8 Julho) acaba de revelar as diferentes secções competitivas. Karel Och, o diretor artístico do KVIFF, declarou que estão “orgulhosos do nossa seleção e mal podemos esperar para compartilhá-la com o nosso público”.
KVIFF mostra os melhores filmes de Cannes, Berlin, Sundance e Veneza
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Palma de Ouro de Cannes, Urso de Ouro de Berlim, o grande vencedor de Sundance, entre mais de quatro dezenas de filmes do circuito de festivais de cinema internacionais completam a secção fora de competição do festival Internacional de Karlovy Vary, cuja 57ª edição decorre na Chéquia, entre os dias 30 de Junho e 8 de Julho.
The Standouts At This Year’s Tribeca Film Festival Were TV Shows, Actually
Other Types of Articles
Movie Madness Episode 395: J-Law, Wes & Indy: In This Economy?
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at seven new movies this week.
