OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
The Old Oak
Paulo Portugal @ Esquerda.net [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Estreia esta quinta-feira nas salas portuguesas “O Pub The Old Oak”, anunciado pelo realizador como o seu derradeiro filme e um valioso acrescento a essa obra notável, feita de combate contra a injustiça e defesa dos oprimidos. Por Paulo Portugal.
Interviews
On ‘Joyland’ and Bringing Trans Pakistani Narratives to the Big Screen
Paul B. Preciado Continues to Challenge Cinema and Transform the Body in “Orlando, My Political Biography”
‘ Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music’ Was Born out of Kismet, Time, and Love
Awards Coverage
2023 Nominations Predictions: November
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Visual Effects, 2001
The Ultimate List Poll #75
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Upcoming Film Previews
The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday
Godzilla Minus One
Inside Out 2
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Lift
Madame Web
Migration
Monster
Perfect Days
The Portrait
Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire
The Teachers’ Lounge
They Shot the Piano Player
The Velveteen Rabbit
Festival Coverage (General)
[Fogfest 2023] A Terrifying & Tasty Evening with The Phlegm Fatales
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Another year at FogFest, another perfectly weird and wonderful Phlegm Fatales performance!
‘ Cidade Rabat’ conquista Caminhos do Cinema Português
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Edgar Pêra recebe prémio do público e direção artística enquanto Basil da Cunha é considerado melhor realizador. Beatriz Batarda e Romeu Runa ganham prémios de interpretação.
Fechar os Olhos, de Victor Erice, vence LEFFEST: e é o grande filme do ano!
Paulo Portugal @ Esquerda.net [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Fechar os Olhos, a obra-prima de Victor Erice foi o grande vencedor da 17ª edição do LEFFEST. Estreia em sala no dia 7 de dezembro.
LEFFEST faz um poker de grande cinema
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Foi uma maratona cinematográfica entre propostas irrecusáveis de Jacques Rivette e Jean-Luc Godard, além de um diálogo imperdível entre Pedro Costa e Victor Erice.
LEFFEST: Da Inteligência Artificial para o cinema
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Da memória do cinema à Inteligência Artificial; dos filmes mais premiados do ano aos eleitos da Seleção Oficial; da retrospectiva de Nuri Bilge Ceylan a Clint Eastwood. Do LEFFEST, para o cinema do mundo.
Ozu, Ceylan, Eastwood, Godard: os nomes na memória do LEFFEST
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Yasujiro Ozu, Clint Eastwood, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Man Ray… Estes são os nomes que respondem pelo cinema de património apresentado no LEFFEST.
Porto/Post/Doc abre com ‘Vai no Batalha’
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: O remodelado Batalha Centro de Cinema passa a ser a residência do Porto/Post/Doc, cuja 10ª edição se realiza de 17 a 25 de novembro.
Porto/Post/Doc: Astrakan 79 e Naquele Dia em Lisboa – o cinema expandido
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Astrakan 79 é um dos grandes filmes portugueses do ano que pode ser visto no Porto/Post/Doc, na secção Cinema Falado. Aí se nota uma incessante procura de identidade inerente ao cinema de Catarina Mourão.
Festival Coverage (Individual or Group Reviews)
Brittany Snow’s ‘Parachute’: A Directorial Debut at FLIFF
- Excerpt: Brittany Snow debuts as a director with ‘Parachute,’ a personal tale of struggle and resilience. She discusses her untrained journey into directing and storytelling authenticity.
[Fogfest 2023] Girls with Guts / Becca Kozak, Lisa Ovies, & Andrea Subissati in Conversation
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: After a screening of Becca Kozak’s GIRLS WITH GUTS doc, Becca, Andrea Subissati, and Lisa Ovies sat together for a chat about women in horror.
[Fogfest 2023] The Shade & The Silent Inferno of Mental Illness
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: The Shade works on the level of an allegorical horror that tackles a family curse as the legacy of depression and suicide.
FSHG’s Favourite Short Films at FogFest 2023
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Ah, yes, little morsels of terror!
Other Types of Articles
The Friendship Dilemma Episode 21: Beautiful Girls (1996)
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: The late Ted Demme’s ensemble relationship dramedy was and remains a favorite of Erik’s, but is it by the end of this episode? The discussion with Morgan Gire covers just how shallow its male characters may be and whether or not their female counterparts could do better with their lives.
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: The Miniseries
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, based on the Donald Spoto biography, manages a surprising feat. It takes a well-respected, well-researched biography and turns it into a snoozefest.
The Killer
Marina Antunes @ After the Credits
Life with Lucy: The Complete Series
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: In due course, Life with Lucy will be hopefully seen as a curious blip, a strange interlude to (Lucille Ball’s) extraordinary legacy.
Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter has one positive and one negative which keeps it from being either total excellence or total farce.
Movie Madness Episode 431: Strange Bedfellows and Food For Thought
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have nine new reviews on this episode.
Movie Madness Episode 432: Lovemakers and Bombmakers: A Black Friday Special
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Just in time to bulk up your holiday shopping lists there are some choice selections being released this week on Blu-ray from the classic to the pure nostalgic.
Movie Madness Episode 433: When You Wish For A Better Movie
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy take you into the Thanksgiving holiday with six new reviews.
Os 100 Melhores Planos do Cinema
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: O resultado são Os 100 Melhores Planos do Cinema – 100 Autores, 100 Planos.
Box Office History (Week 46, 2023)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 17
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 18
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 19
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 20
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 21
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 22
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 23
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
