OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
The Best Movies of 2013 So Far
John Gilpatrick @ johlnikesmovies.com
Frank Ochieng’s Top 10 Best Films of 2003
Frank Ochieng @ TheWorldJournal.com
Frank Ochieng’s Top 10 Best Films of 2004
Frank Ochieng @ TheWorldJournal.com
Frank Ochieng’s Top 10 Best Films of 2005
Frank Ochieng @ TheWorldJournal.com
Frank Ochieng’s Top 10 Best Films of 2006
Frank Ochieng @ TheWorldJournal.com
Frank Ochieng’s Top 10 Best Films of 2007
Frank Ochieng @ TheWorldJournal.com
Interviews
Brie Larson Talks ‘Short Term 12,’ Her First Language and the Only Film of Hers She’ll Rewatch
CA Interviews: James Ponsoldt – The Spectacular Now
Bill Graham @ Critics Associated
Director Ariel Vromen (The Iceman)
- Excerpt: The filmmaker speaks about the allure of Shannon within the filmmaking community, getting Evans out of his comfort zone, and making Shreveport, LA look like 1970s New York/New Jersey.
Festivals
James Franco and Travis Mathews Blur Sex and Violence, Fact and Fiction
Glenn Dunks @ Glenn Dunks Writing
- Excerpt: Controversial Interior Leather Bar (screening at Newfest) and I Want Your Love.
Locarno Mid-way Dispatch
Locarno Wrap
Locarno’s out-of-comp shorts
Signs of Life at Locarno Film Festival
- Excerpt: On a new programming strand…
Other Articles
1900
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: A majestic political and artistic triumph, and one of the finest films of all time, “1900” (made in 1976) is Bernardo Bertolucci’s crowning achievement and the benchmark of collectivist socio-political cinema.
Anatomy of Assistance
- Excerpt: A fun, socially-conscious short film screening at TIFF.
Casque d’Or
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: Draped in the manners of fin de siècle in Paris, writer-director Jacques Becker’s 1952 milestone of romantic drama is a snapshot of French social mores at the turn of the 20th century.
Destroy All Monsters: Divergent Twilight, Catching Fire
Don’t Look Now
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: It was maverick British filmmaker Nicolas Roeg’s destiny to transform du Maurier’s strange psychological thriller into an emphatically mysterious tale of second sight and looming death in 1973.
Fall Film Preview
Betty Jo Tucker @ Movie Addict Headquarters
- Excerpt: Film critics A.J. Hakari and Mack Bates discuss 2013 fall movie offerings.
A Grand Canal
Leaving Las Vegas
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: “Leaving Las Vegas” (1995) is a remarkably potent romantic drama that permanently altered the careers of many of the people involved in the film’s creation.
The Morning After: Sept. 2, 2013
- Excerpt: Quick reviews of “Blancanieves,” “Percy Jacson: Sea of Monsters,” and “The Captains: Close-Up”
The Must-See Movies of September
Travis Hopson @ Punch Drunk Critics
New Releases Sept. 3
New York Stories – The Grandmaster, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Short Term 12
- Excerpt: Short reviews for films currently in US release that won’t be out in Australia for several months.
Nikkatsu Erotic Films Collection 17 and 18
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
Paddy’s Paradise
Peter Gutierrez @ Firefox News
R.I.G.I.D.
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Rebel Without a Cause
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955) is a pivotal film for many reasons — each as important as the next.
Romanian Cinema at Breaking Point
- Excerpt: On Corneliu Porumboiu’s new film and a feature debut from Vali Hotea
Um Acidente Inesperado
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
We Wanted More
- Excerpt: Barbara Creed, eat your heart out.
