OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
Between The Temples
Andrea Chase @ Behind the Scenes (PRX.org)
- Excerpt: Nathan Silver talks Talmudic questioning, the holiness of Carol Kane, and making a movie sing.
Edwin and Putri Marino
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: On the occasion of Borderless Fog streaming on Netflix, director Edwin and protagonist Putri Marino talk to Panos Kotzathanasis talk about their collaborations with Netflix, shooting a film in the Indonesian-Malaysia border, the actual story behind the script of the movie, the scenes they consider their most favorite and the hardest to shoot, their future projects and other topics
Essays
Disney Minus: Run, Johnny Tremain, Run
- Excerpt: Disney’s Johnny Tremain (1957) is a film that embodies the often conflicting values of 1950s Americana and the revolutionary spirit of 1776.
Awards Coverage
2024 Nominations Predictions: August
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2005
Upcoming Film Previews
Close Your Eyes
Eureka
The Front Room, Updated
Hounds of War
Kraven the Hunter, Updated
Lee, Updated
Moana 2, Updated
The Monkey
Mufasa: The Lion King
Omni Loop
Out Come the Wolves
Padding in Peru, Updated
Saturday Night
Snow White
You’re Cordially Invited
Festival Coverage
28º Festival de Cinema de Avanca: Gondola e Sérgio Godinho os grandes vencedores
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: O filme Gondola foi o grande vencedor dos 28º Encontros Internacionais de Cinema, Televisão, Vídeo e Multimédia – Avanca 2024, encerrando os 10 dias de um festival de cinema que teve como lema Liberdade, Liberdade.
Laura Carreira compete no festival de San Sebastian com On Falling
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: O cinema de Laura Carreira promete. A sua primeira longa metragem, On Falling, convenceu os programadores do Festival de San Sebastian que a selecionaram para a competição à Concha de Ouro, o prémio principal do certame que decorre no País Basco de 20 a 28 de setembro.
Lumière, a Aventura Continua apresentado em San Sebastian
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: O festival de San Sebastian acaba de anunciar a inclusão no seu programa de Lumière!, l’aventure continue, de Thierry Frémaux, o Delegado Geral do Festival de Cannes e Diretor do Instituto Lumière. Trata-se da continuação de Lumière! A Aventura Começa, de 2016, distribuídos em Portugal pela Midas Filmes (e editados em DVD).
My Stolen Planet e No Other Land: o cinema de causas vence a 10ª edição do MDOC
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: My Stolen Planet’ venceu o prémio Jean-Loup Passek da Melhor Longa Metragem Internacional, no 10º MDOC. ‘Tão pequeninas, tinham o ar de serem já crescidas’ foi o melhor documentário nacional.
O Piano exibido na secção clássicos do festival de San Sebastian
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: A secção Klasicoak inclui clássicos do espanhol Bigas Luna, da francesa Niki Saint Phale ou da australiana Jane Campion.
Pedro Almodóvar recebe Prémio Donostia em San Sebastian
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Pedro Almodóvar será a próxima personalidade a receber o Prémio Donostia. ALgo que decorrerá no dia 26 de setembro, no Auditório Kursaal, durante a 72ª edição do Festival de San Sebastian.
Pérolas de Cannes (e não só!) abrilhantam festival de San Sebastian
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Sean Baker, Andrea Arnold, Francis Ford Coppola, mas também Payal Kapadia, Mohammad Rasoulof ou Walter Salles são apenas alguns dos nomes cujos trabalhos mais recentes irão ornamentar a secção Pérolas no festival de San Sebastian.
Revelada a competição oficial do 72º SSIFF
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Zinemaldia é em Donostia! Sim, o SSIFF, Festival Internacional de Cinema de San Sebastian realiza a sua 72ª edição, de 20 a 28 de setembro na cidade basca. E reservou o filme Emmanuelle, Audrey Diwan, para a abertura. E uma competição para a Concha de Ouro que inclui On Falling, da portuguesa Laura Carreira.
Reviews of Short Films
American Daydream
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “American Dream” is a short of quality, managing to present its comments eloquently and in entertaining fashion, while also being well-directed, shot, and acted.
Upsho
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Watching hundreds of films every year, it seems I always reach a point when I say nothing can surprise me anymore, at least not pleasantly. Maha Haj’s “Upshot”, however, achieves just that (and will probably do so to anyone who watches it) through its uniqueness, intelligence and cinematic prowess, in one of the best films of the year so far.
Other Types of Articles
Blue Eye Samurai Season 1 Review
- Excerpt: Blue Eye Samurai is hands-down one of the best animated series I have had the pleasure of watching! Mizu joins the likes of Afro (Afro Samurai) and Jack (Samurai Jack) in the animated samurai hall of fame.
Contemporary Costumes: Josie and the Pussycats
Inside the Mind of a Dog: Film Poem
- Excerpt: I dedicate this poem to the four wonderful visiting dogs who make my life much brighter.
Katharine Hepburn: All About Me
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: ll About Me acknowledges the legend, covers most of the good, touches on some of the bad, and reveals what (Katharine) Hepburn wanted revealed.
Movie Madness Episode 496: You Eat Guts?
- Excerpt: Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to talk physical media. T
Movie Madness Episode Episode 495: You CAN Go Home Again
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy have ten reviews this week
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone is not perfect, but everyone in front of and behind the camera made it an enjoyable experience.
Box Office History (Week 33, 2024)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 16
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 17
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 18
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 19
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 20
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 21
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: August 22
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
