OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
2014’s Best Movies: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ was the anti-‘Avengers’
Chris Barsanti @ Eyes Wide Open
- Excerpt: James Gunn’s scruffy and un-spandex’d band of reluctant heroes beat out Joss Whedon’s Avengers by mirroring the good-hearted rogues and raggedy charm of space westerns like Whedon’s own Firefly.
The 25 Best Films of 2024
- Excerpt: The A.V. Club’s picks for the 25 best films of 2024.
The 30 Best DVDs of 2024
The Best films of 2024: The ballots
- Excerpt: The individual voting ballots, top 15 lists, and other accolades from The A.V. Club film critics.
The Best video essays of 2024
Interviews
Interview with Super/Man Co-Director Peter Ettedgui
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: Directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui collaborated on what is one of the most powerful documentaries of the year, Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (which I reviewed out of DC/DOX). In it, they chronicle the highs and lows of actor Christopher Reeve’s life, including both before and after the tragic 1995 horse-riding that paralyzed him from the neck down.
Essays
Bill Skarsgård’s horror credentials from Pennywise to Nosferatu
Cult of Criterion: Eastern Condors
- Excerpt: Sammo Hung sent a massive ensemble into Vietnam on a doomed mission in his thoughtful, silly war film Eastern Condors.
Awards Coverage
2024 Nominations Predictions: December
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
97th Oscars Shortlists Announced
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Better Man
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: I Saw the TV Glow
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Janet Planet
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: The Girl with the Needle
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: The Six Triple Eight
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Thelma
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Production Design, 2002
Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #7
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 2, #7
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #7
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #7
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #6
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 6, #6
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #6
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Upcoming Film Previews
28 Years Later
Alarum
The Amateur
Black Diamond
The Electric State
Extremely Unique Dynamic
Home Education
The Legend of Ochi
Mickey 17
Sinners
Snow White, Updated
Trigger Happy
Vermiglio
You’re Cordially Invited, Updated
Other Types of Articles
Five Video Essays for the Holiday Season
Movie Madness Episode 526: Carry On My Kraven Son
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy continue to wade into December’s offerings with nine new films on the slate.
Movie Madness Episode 527: Be The Master Of Your Blu-Ray Domain
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: One last physical media show for 2024 and still time to get those last-minute Christmas gifts. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski take you through a bundle
Scene Report: Elaine May at Metrograph
Box Office History (Week 50, 2024)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: December 13
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: December 14
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: December 15
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: December 16
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: December 17
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: December 18
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: December 19
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
