OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Awards Coverage
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 19-21, 2014
- Excerpt: Looking at the Oscar chances of “Annie”, “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”, “Mr. Turner” and “Song of the Sea”
Oscar Preview: Winners & Losers, Week 4
- Excerpt: Looking at the winners and losers from Precursor week 4.
Best of Lists
The 10 Best Films of 2014
Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
10 Great 2014 Movies You Can Stream (or Rent) Right Now
10 Great, Underrated Movies From 2014
2014 in Review: The Best Performances of the Year
- Excerpt: The lists of the best performances of 2014 include Laura Dern, Reese Witherspoon, Michael Keaton, and Anne Dorval – twice!
The Best Films of 2014
Brent’s Top Ten Movies Of 2014
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
Cinema Fearité Presents The Top-Ten Horror Movies Of 2014
James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
The Not So Good Films of 2014
The Worst Films of 2014
Matthew Lucas @ From the Front Row
Interviews
Ava DuVernay of Selma
Essays
Aaron Sorkin Mansplained the Sony Hack for You
- Excerpt: So that’s a pretty shocking gender-based pay gap — one that you might even call dishonorable or immoral, if you were prone to hyperbole. But self-appointed Moral Arbiter Aaron Sorkin doesn’t think it’s immoral; he thinks it’s immoral that you know about it, which is one more reason that Aaron Sorkin really must just shut the fuck up.
Like It Or Not, ‘The Interview’ Is a Battle Worth Fighting
- Excerpt: Even if the product is dubiously artistic, the battle for artistic freedom is everyone’s, and if you don’t defend it when it’s something that doesn’t matter to you, you can’t say much when it’s something that does.
Reviews of Short Films
Dead Hearts
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Canadian Short Film Review
Line Up
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Spanish/US Short Film Review
Other Articles
Exit Lines: Leading Lights
- Excerpt: Reviews of new Broadway shows with Hugh Jackman and more stars.
The Morning After: Dec. 22, 2014
- Excerpt: A short review of “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies”
