OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
Top Ten Films of 2024
Josh Thayer @ The Forgetful Film Critic
- Excerpt: I’ve taken it as my mission on Earth to experience as many different cultures, ideas, and ways-of-life as I can through the magic of motion pictures. My best-of list this year reflects that goal as much as or more than any other year since I’ve been writing film criticism.
Interviews
AMP Interviews: J.L. Burgos
Festival Coverage
Mr. Nobody Against Putin
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: It’s a highly engaging film. Still, given that any opposition to the state is often positioned as somehow influenced by foreign actors, one wonders if Mr. Nobody Against Putin would not prove more effective with only Pasha’s name in the credits.
Sundance Review: “Life After”
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: It seems as if Davenport is more than prescient when he imagines a world in which the powers that be consider it cheaper for many to just kill themselves rather than seek medical care. That’s not all this film discusses, but it’s where it ends.
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: Elliptical though this allegory may be, it remains a gripping experience throughout.
Awards Coverage
97th Oscars Poll: Best Original Score
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
97th Oscars Poll: Best Sound
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Production Design, 2008
Predictions: First 97th Oscar Winners
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, #12, Group 5
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, #12, Group 6
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, #12, Group 7
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, #13, Group 1
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, #13, Group 2
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, #13, Group 3
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, #13, Group 4
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
This Year’s Oscars Nominations Are Strange
Chris Barsanti @ Eyes Wide Open
- Excerpt: Several worthy films were recognized but the 2025 Academy Award nominations feel disconnected from the idea of greatness.
Upcoming Film Previews
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Captain America: Brave New World, Updated
Dark Match
Drop
Love Hurts
Mickey 17, Updated
The Monkey, Updated
Opus
Superboys of Malegaon
The The Woman in the Yard
Until Dawn
Other Types of Articles
Drama Analysis: Asura (2025) by Hirokazu Koreeda
- Excerpt: Not much more to say, with barely any faults and the excellent in all levels being rather evident, “Asura” is a true masterpiece, definitely one of the best series we have seen lately, and another testament to Koreeda prowess as filmmaker.
Love, Lights, Hanukkah!
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Love, Lights, Hanukkah! even with some flaws that would normally set my teeth on edge.
The Sex Lives of College Girls – Season 3, Episode 10
Sebastian Zavala @ NoEsEnSerie.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: What was most worrying was how, well, final this episode felt. Not just as the conclusion of the season, but potentially the conclusion of the entire series. This makes me think that the showrunners might consider ending it.
Box Office History (Week 4, 2025)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 24
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 25
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 26
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 27
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 28
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 29
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 30
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
