OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
Director’s Canvas: Tim Burton’s Filmography Ranked, from Pee-wee’s Big Adventure to Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
Something is Moving in the Vietnamese Movie Industry. 15 Films that suggest so
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Throughout the years, and at least to the people who do not deal extensively with Vietnamese cinema, the local movie industry was almost exclusively represented by Tran Anh Hung, whose films like “Cyclo”, “The Scent of Green Papaya” and “Vertical Ray of the Sun” are the first that come to the mind of any cinephile. However, the Camera D’or for best first feature film Pham Tien An won at the 76th Cannes Film Festival for “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell” showed that there might be more to local cinema than the aforementioned director, who did won Best Director for “The Taste of Things”, in a production though, that is exclusively French.
Interviews
The Brother From Another Planet,’ Kamala Harris And The Fallacy Of Post-Racialism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9odvfVbddN0
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
Essays
From Euphoria to Crisis: VOD Platforms
Diego Salgado @ Rubik [Spanish]
Awards Coverage
Contender: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
The Contenders 2024: August Retrospective/October Forecast
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Directing, 2008
The Ultimate List Poll #114
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Upcoming Film Previews
Believer
The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Hard Truths
Joker: Folie à Deux, Updated
Memoir of a Snail, Updated
A Minecraft Movie
Rumours
Smile 2, Updated
Succubus
V/H/S/Beyond
Winner
Festival Coverage
10 Films to See at TIFF 2024
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (or TIFF) runs September 5-15. It’s the 49th edition of the event (the 50th anniversary next year should be amazing). Once again, I am on the ground for the first four days (and then some).
I’m Still Here
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: The film may be a little too long, but that is a quibble. With people who refuse to forget, memories last forever.
The Life of Chuck
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: It’s the best kind of big commercial movie: sweeping in scale and universal in meaning.
Reviews of Short Films
The First Film
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Overall, “The First Film” is an excellent short that implements the love for cinema with a silent movie approach in a wonderful combination that will put a smile on the face of any viewer.
Other Types of Articles
Anime Review: The Unwanted Undead Adventurer (2024) by Noriaki Akitaya
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: All in all, there is nothing particularly negative with “The Unwanted Undead Adventurer” and it is actually fun to watch. At the same time, though, there is nothing special about it either, in a category that includes many better titles.
The Best Cinema of 2024 (Part I)
Diego Salgado @ Derivas [Spanish]
Liberace: Behind the Music
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: A bit opaque on Liberace’s private life, and with some unintentionally funny moments, Liberace: Behind the Music is still entertaining viewing.
Red Sparrow
Diego Salgado @ Split Screen [Spanish]
Box Office History (Week 36, 2024)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 10
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 11
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 12
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 6
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 7
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 8
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 9
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
