OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
2012: The Best Films So Far
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
2012: The Worst So Far
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
2013: The Best Films So Far
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
2013: The Worst Films So Far
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Best Bollywood Movies of 2013
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Danny Baldwin’s Top 10 Films of 2013
Favorite Documentaries of 2013
Don Simpson @ Smells Like Screen Spirit
- Excerpt: As with the last couple of years, 2013 was an incredibly strong year for non-fiction filmmaking, making it incredibly difficult to whittle my favorites down to a mere 15 films.
Favorite Narrative Films of 2013
Don Simpson @ Smells Like Screen Spirit
- Excerpt: This is a much longer list than I usually create, but I very strongly recommend seeking out every single title on this list.
Favorite Undistributed Films of 2013
Don Simpson @ Smells Like Screen Spirit
- Excerpt: With this year coming to a close, I want to highlight some of the best films that I saw in 2013 that — to the best of my knowledge — have yet to announce a U.S. distribution deal.
My Top Films of 2013
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
Tom Santilli’s 15 Best Movies of 2013
The Top 11 Films of 2013
Interviews
Loves Her Gun Interview
Don Simpson @ Smells Like Screen Spirit
- Excerpt: I sat down with writer-director Geoff Marslett and discussed Loves Her Gun over some burritos on the eve of the film’s first post-SXSW screenings in Austin.
Much Ado About Nothing Interview
Don Simpson @ Smells Like Screen Spirit
- Excerpt: In this SXSW 2013 video interview, we talk with Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion and Clark Gregg about their roles in Much Ado About Nothing as well as their perception of the Whedonverse as a whole.
Pit Stop Interview
Don Simpson @ Smells Like Screen Spirit
- Excerpt: This is one of those interviews that probably could have gone on for another hour or so, but Yen Tan had to get back upstairs to the screening of Pit Stop and I had to rush off to a screening at another SXSW venue.
Some Girl(s) Interview
Don Simpson @ Smells Like Screen Spirit
- Excerpt: In this SXSW 2013 video interview (shot and edited by Dave Campbell, moderated by Don Simpson), we talk with actor Adam Brody and director Daisy von Scherler Mayer about their attraction to the Some Girl(s) script and the screenwriting of Neil Labute.
Upstream Color Interview
Don Simpson @ Smells Like Screen Spirit
- Excerpt: We met up with Carruth at the Driskill Hotel, found a nice table decorated with a simple bowl of fruit and started chatting about Upstream Color…or at least that is what we thought we were talking about.
Festivals: Individual Reviews
My French Film Festival
- Excerpt: The “My French Film Festival” is a three-day program gathering six smaller features from overseas. It’s equally split between comedy and drama, one each per day, with the better efforts skewing more serious.
StLIFF 2013: 9 Full Moons
Andrew Wyatt @ Gateway Cinephile
- Excerpt: Watching as happiness slips through the characters’ fingers carries an ache that resonates with the film’s evocative depiction of L.A.
StLIFF 2013: This Is Where We Live
Andrew Wyatt @ Gateway Cinephile
- Excerpt: A consistently surprising and carefully considered work, This Is Where We Live reveals that complex human drama is still out there, waiting to be discovered in the substrate of rural America.
Awards Coverage
Alternate Oscars for 1963
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Oscars
- Excerpt: One of the worst years for American films yields on of the most effective horror films ever made.
Armchair Oscar choices for 1950
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Oscars
- Excerpt: The Oscar was ‘All About Eve’ but mine rested on ‘Sunset Blvd’.
Armchair Oscar choices for 1971
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Oscars
- Excerpt: In the year of The French Connection, I choose a film that is very American
Armchair Oscar choices for 1995
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Oscars
- Excerpt: Mel Gibon’s battlefields weren’t half as interesting as Mike Figgis’ forsaken Vegas landscape
Armchair Oscar choices for 2003
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Oscars
- Excerpt: In the year when the Oscar went to Middle Earth, mine went to Brazil.
Canadian Screen Awards 2014: Preview and Predictions
- Excerpt: -A look at potential frontrunners for Canada’s film awards.
Guilds Trifecta Could Put the Final Stamp on the Oscars Race
Erik Childress @ RogerEbert.com
Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
- Excerpt: Looking at the winners and losers of the 6th week of Precursor Season
Television
Law & Order: SVU
- Excerpt: Is Law & Order: SVU’s Detective Olivia Benson the Newest Victim of Single-Shaming?
Rosemary’s Baby
Candice Frederick @ Reel Talk
- Excerpt: http://www.reeltalkonline.org/2014/01/rosemarys-baby-and-curious-case-of-zoe.html
Sherlock: The Blind Banker
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Sherlock Holmes investigates a mystery that begins with ‘ancient Chinese secret’.
Essays
2013: Some Odds and Ends
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Most Unfairly Trashed Film? Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. Most Unfairly Praised Film? Star Trek Into Darkness.
American Horror Stories: Why ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Should Be Drawing Comparisons to ’12 Years a Slave’
The Burning Questions of 2013
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Is Ryan Gosling Overrated? Has Johnny Depp’s Schtick Worn Out Its Welcome? How Many More Bombs Can Ryan Reynolds Make?
Destroy All Monsters: 2013, A Year that Film Will Take To Its Grave
Reviews of Short Films
The Magic Ferret
- Excerpt: he Magic Ferret is a lively feel-good movie about the power of the imagination.
Other Articles
Deadly explosion hits Iranian film crew
Film Threat Podcast – Episode 91: Bob Birdnow’s Butter Biscuit Breakfast Buffet
Don Lewis @ Film Threat
Film Threat Podcast – Episode 92: I’m a Gary Coleman Shipper
Don Lewis @ Film Threat
Golden Globe/Oscar Roundtable
Betty Jo Tucker @ Movie Addict Headquarters
- Excerpt: A podcast with Nell Minow, A.J. Hakari and Mack Bates discussing the Golden Globe nominations and upcoming Oscar nominees.
The Morning After: Jan. 6, 2014
- Excerpt: Short reviews of “Wild Strawberries”, “G.B.F.” and “Adventureland”
