OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
Adrianne Palicki (G.I. Joe: Retaliation)
Jake Abel and Max Irons on “The Host”
Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe: Retaliation)
Wayne Blair of “The Sapphires”
Festivals
New Directors/New Films 2013
Kent Turner @ Film-Forward.com
Oscar Coverage
Jerry Armchair Oscars choices for 2012
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Oscars
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Mar. 22-24, 2013
- Excerpt: Looking at the Oscar chances for “The Croods” and “The Sapphires.”
Other Articles
10 Authors Who Loved the Film Adaptations of Their Books
- Excerpt: While there’s a long (and enjoyable) history of authors loathing what Hollywood does to their books, there are a few examples of writers who are utterly delighted with their page-to-film adaptations.
10 Movies We Can’t Believe Have Merchandise Tie-Ins
- Excerpt: You wouldn’t think that Korine’s feverish vision of gun-toting, bikini-wearing babes would be a natural for tie-in products, but you’d be wrong; after the jump, we’ll take a look at your must-have Breakers merch, and nine other unlikely movies you won’t believe were merchandised.
10 Movies You Never Knew Were Also TV Shows
- Excerpt: http://flavorwire.com/379943/10-movies-you-never-knew-were-also-tv-shows
A.C.A.B.: All Cops Are Bastards
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Can Movies Be ‘Solved’?
- Excerpt: The new documentary Room 237 spotlights some strange fan theories about The Shining—but are they stranger than any given “eureka” theory about a film’s meaning?
Celebrate Quentin Tarantino’s 50th Birthday With 16 of His Favorite Films
- Excerpt: Part of the fun of trying to figure out what makes a movie encyclopedia like Tarantino tick — particularly one who wears his influences so proudly — is in diving into his favorite films and tracing the path his own work took from them.
DIY Dystopia
Carson Lund @ Are the Hills Going to March Off?
- Excerpt: Balagan Films of Cambridge, Massachusetts represents what is currently the heroic norm in avant-garde cinema curation and exhibition: a not-for-profit operation scouring the world for distinctive aesthetic experiences while relying on crowdsourcing to scrape enough funds together to just barely survive.
Una Famiglia Perfetta
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Gli Equilibristi
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Hugh Jackman Channels Jean Valjean-like Vulnerability and Passion in the New Trailer for THE WOLVERINE
L’ Intervallo
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
La Leggenda di Kaspar Hauser
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Lincoln, DOA 5+ highlight new releases
Phil Villarreal @ COEDMagazine.com
Memo to Peter Bart of ‘Variety’: Don’t Tell Jon Stewart Not to Make a Movie
- Excerpt: It’s full of oddball assumptions, boxed-in thinking, and smug condescension. But first, and most distressingly, it’s just plain wrong about basic film history.
The New Trailer for “White House Down” Looks Like Another Exhausting Oval Office Thriller
Southeast Asian Independent Cinema
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
Special Effects Make-Up Magic
Betty Jo Tucker @ Movie Addict Headquarters
- Excerpt: A.J. Hakari and Betty Jo Tucker interview Todd Tucker, master of special effects make-up.
Streaming Bollywood Movies: Eros Now
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Su Re
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
