OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
Alien: Romulus – Fede Alvarez on Reviving the Franchise’s Horror Roots
- Excerpt: FlickDirect’s Allison Rose interviews Fede Alvarez, the director behind Alien: Romulus, as he shares his journey of bringing the iconic Alien franchise back to its horror roots.
Interview With Poochamin
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
Video Interviews: John Badalu
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
Awards Coverage
The Contenders: 2024 – July Retrospective/September Forecast
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2004
The Ultimate List Poll #111
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Upcoming Film Previews
Blink Twice, Updated
Catching Dust
Consumed
Kensuke’s Kingdom
Monster Summer
Mountains
The Outrun
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos the Movie
The Problem with People
Rebel Ridge
Red Island
Sisi & I
Slingshot
Festival Coverage
[Fantasia 2024 Shorts] Horrors of a Woman’s Life in Berta, Dirty Bad Wrong, & Hell Is a Teenage Girl
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
[Fantasia 2024 Shorts] Smartphone Terror in Reel & Hunter Loading
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
[Fantasia 2024] Dark History & Heteronormative Terror in Cuckoo
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Cuckoo is a frightening exploration of a world in which women’s bodily autonomy has been further denied and heteronormativity has warped into perhaps its most perverse, albeit fantastical form.
[Fantasia 2024] Getting ‘Ghosted’ in The Dead Thing
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: The Dead Thing is a contemporary Gothic tale about the dating app scene’s perils and so much more.
[Fantasia 2024] Kryptic’s Search for Body & Identity
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Kryptic further begs the question: who are the real monsters, the unknown creatures of the woods, or the brutal, everyday creatures we call men?
[Fantasia 2024] The Gothic Holes of Past & Present in Hell Hole
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Hell Hole is a clever, nasty, and, at times, riotous take on the monster movie that doesn’t skimp on an ecofeminist message.
[Fantasia 2024] The Soul Eaters & The Human Terrors of Storytelling
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: What Bustillo and Maury do so perfectly in The Soul Eater is combine crime-thriller elements with the horror genre and folklore in service of revealing how a little town has been corrupted and, in turn, corrupted the lives of so many children and their families.
[Fantasia 2024] Vulcanizadora & The Tragic Flames of Nihilism
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Underneath the dark comedy of Vulcanizadora is a grim, tragic character study of a deeply depressed person who seems incapable of doing anything other than burning his life, and the lives of others around him, down.
Reviews of Short Films
Hibernator
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: In the end, “Hibernator” highlights Zhou Dijun’s prowess in sci-fi/fantasy filmmaking, and I could definitely see him directing a feature in the category in the future, since he definitely has the skills for it.
Other Types of Articles
Anime Review: Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc (2024) by Haruo Sotozaki
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Even though this is definitely the worst season in the series so far, the ending definitely compensates making it worthwhile, while “Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc” achieves its ulterior purpose of raising eagerness for the three movies that will conclude the anime.
The Golden Girls: Second Motherhood
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Second Motherhood has some strong dramatic moments, surprisingly effective physical comedy and a curious B-plot.
Movie Madness Episode 494: Moe, Larry, Shemp, Curly – Take ‘Em Down!
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Lots on the Blu-ray front this week and Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress to talk you through it.
Box Office History (Week 32, 2024)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 09
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 10
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 11
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 12
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 13
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 14
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 15
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
