OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
D.W. Waterson on Queer Joy and the Queer Gaze in Backs-pot
Essays
Baby, It’s Cold Outside is bad. The movie that introduced it to the world is worse
- Excerpt: Before “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” became a rapey Christmas classic, then was overcorrected into a Nice Guy anthem, it was the musical centerpiece of an equally terrible hit summer movie: Neptune’s Daughter.
Awards Coverage
Contender: A Different Man
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Girls Will Be Girls
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Handling the Undead
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Small Things Like These
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
The Contenders: May Retrospective/July Forecast
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Animated Feature, 2015
The Ultimate List Poll #102 Redux
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Upcoming Film Previews
Agent Recon
Alien: Romulus, Updated
Chestnut
Cottontail
The Devil’s Bath
The Garfield Movie, Updated
Ghostlight
Just the Two of Us
The Killer’s Game
Kinds of Kindness, Updated
MaXXXine, Updated
Murder Company
Reverse the Curse
Ride
A Sacrifice
Treasure
Trigger Warning
Tuesday
Venom: The Last Dance
Festival Coverage
#AMFAD: All My Friends are Dead
The A-Frame
Beacon
The Damned
Kat Hughes @ THN
Kat Hughes @ THN
A Desert
The Devil’s Bath
Loren Taylor on The Moon is Upside Down Sydney Film Festival
- Excerpt: What is undeniable is just how thoughtful The Moon is Upside Down is.
Restless
She Loved Blossoms More
The Weekend
Reviews of Short Films
Deep Bones
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Deep Bones” does not stray completely away from the style of Japanese indies, but definitely includes enough elements to stand out, with the story, the characters and the visuals being the main sources.
Earthshine | Ebb and Flow | La Roche | Sea Lion Cow | I Want to Violently Crash into the Windshield of Love
- Excerpt: Five shorts from Tribeca 2024
Knitting My Heart
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: As such, it is easy to say that “Knitting My Heart” is a rather pleasant, funny, and well-shot short and a more than hopeful debut for Oh Ji-hyeon.
Maybe Someday
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Maybe Someday” is an interesting short, which manages to highlight both the differences and the similarities blind people have with the rest, through a visual approach that is quite pleasing.
Negative Space
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Negative Space” is a well-shot, well-acted and well-directed short that eloquently presents a message regarding an issue that troubles people globally.
No Place for Old Men
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Although a bit cliched, “No Place of Old Men” is a very smart and entertaining short, which manages to present its comments in eloquent fashion, while retaining its fun element from beginning to end.
Out of the Dark | Jane Austen’s Period Drama | My Best Friend |This Really Happened | Lice
- Excerpt: A quintet of shorts from Tribeca 2024
Road to Harvard
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Road to Harvard” may appear a bit cliched in its main story, but is well shot and definitely communicates its comments eloquently, in an overall worthy effort.
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Road to Harvard” may appear a bit cliched in its main story, but is well shot and definitely communicates its comments eloquently, in an overall worthy effort.
Other Types of Articles
The Friendship Dilemma Podcast: My Girl (1991)
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Morgan Gire and Erik Childress believe that this tale of loss and emotional heartbreak is deserving of a rediscovery. In this episode they discuss how it smartly handles grief and the downfalls of shielding children from the harsher realities of life; a ball which movies tend to drop.
Movie Madness Episode 478: The Choice Is Not To Ride Or Watch
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: On this six-movie week, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy go back two years to revisit a Dakota Johnson comedy that debuted at Sundance in 2022
Queer Classics: Johnny Guitar
Box Office History (Week 23, 2024)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 07
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 08
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 09
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 10
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 11
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 12
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 13
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
