OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
The 10 Best (read Quirkiest) Films of 2014
The 10 Best Films of 2014
Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
The 10 Worst Films of 2014
Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
The Best Films of 2014
Philip Concannon @ Phil on Film
The Best Films of 2014
- Excerpt: Cynical, nasty but daring, angry and, yes, important.
The Best Films of 2014
The Best of 2014 So Far
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Best of 2014: Jordan M. Smith’s Top 20 (Picks 10-1)
Jordan M. Smith @ IONCINEMA.com
Best of 2014: Jordan M. Smith’s Top 20 (Picks 20-11)
Jordan M. Smith @ IONCINEMA.com
Lo mejor de 2014
Carlos del Río @ El rincón de Carlos del Río [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Las mejores películas, actuaciones y guiones de 2014.
My Cinema Discoveries of 2014
Philip Concannon @ Phil on Film
My Favorite Films of 2014
My Favorite First-Time Viewings of 2014
Carson Lund @ Are the Hills Going to March Off?
Reeling’s Top 10’s for 2014
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
The Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2014
Sarah Ward @ Concrete Playground
The Top 12 Films of 2014
- Excerpt: It’s been a great year in film and there are plenty of contenders for the honor of the year’s best. I hope you enjoy my list of the top 12 films of 2014.
Top 5 underrated horror films of 2014
Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: While the major releases were a bit of a disappointment this year, there were original narratives about vampires, zombies and monsters just on the periphery.
Worst Bollywood Movies of 2014
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
The Worst of 2014 So Far
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Awards Coverage
Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 6
- Excerpt: Looking at the winners and losers from the sixth week of precursor season.
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Jan. 2-4, 2014
- Excerpt: A look at the Oscar chances of “A Most Violent Year”
Interviews
An interview with Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable
Philip Concannon @ Phil on Film
Anna Kendrick – Into the Woods
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything
James Corden – Into the Woods
James Marsh – The Theory of Everything
Jeremy Irvine and Phoebe Fox – The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
Rob Marshall – Into the Woods
Tom Harper – The Woman in Black: Angel of Death
Tracey Ullman – Into the Woods
Tributes
Luise Rainer
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: I don’t think Luise Rainer was a particularly great actress. I do think Luise Rainer was a very fine lady.
Television
The Americans: A Little Night Music
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
The Americans: Cardinal
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
The Americans: Walk In
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Casablanca the Series: An Overview
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Now that school is out, I thought I’d devote a few hours to perhaps one of the most woefully ill-thought out ideas to enter American television, ranking up there with such efforts as My Mother the Car and Cop Rock. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Casablanca: The Series.
Casablanca the Series: Concluding Thoughts
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: What could possibly have gone wrong with a television series based on Casablanca?
Casablanca the Series: Divorce Casablanca Style
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Casablanca the Series: Jenny
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Casablanca the Series: Master Builder’s Woman
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Casablanca the Series: The Cashier and the Belly Dancer
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Casablanca the Series: Who Am I Killing?
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
The Claire Sinclair Show
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee, Coffee and more Coffee
Franklin & Bash: Dance the Night Away
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Franklin & Bash: Deep Throat
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Franklin & Bash: Falcon’s Nest
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Franklin & Bash: Good Cop/Bad Cop
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Franklin & Bash: Honor Thy Mother
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Franklin & Bash: Love is the Drug
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Franklin & Bash: Red or Black
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Franklin & Bash: Spirits in the Material World
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Franklin & Bash: The Complete Fourth Season
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Here, let’s look at why Franklin & Bash so spectacularly crashed to where a formerly fun show grew to be a repulsive piece of trash.
Legend of Korra: Book Three – Change
- Excerpt: The renewed vigor that appeared at the end of the second season of The Legend of Korra sticks around for Book Three: Change, which hits the ground running and rarely lets up, making it the most focused and action-packed cycle of the animated television show so far.
The Librarians: And Santa’s Midnight Run
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
The Librarians: And the Apple of Discord
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
The Librarians: And the Crown of King Arthur and Sword in the Stone
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
The Librarians: And the Horns of a Dilemma
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Sherlock: His Last Vow
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: THIS won seven Emmys? It’s what happens when people mistake British accents for talent.
Essays
The 2014 Kennedy Center Honors
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: With 94-year-old Maureen O’Hara, 84-year-old Gene Hackman, or 67-year-old Christopher Parkening around, did the Kennedy Center really have to honor 58-year-old Johnny Madrid (formerly known as Tom Hanks) now?
Destroy All Monsters: The 2-Hour Version of THE HOBBIT
The Interview: Some Thoughts
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: For many years Hollywood insisted the greatest threat to American democracy came from crazed Christians. Now they’ve found themselves taken aback that those who thought Noah was insulting to their faith were remarkably tame compared to a despotic regime that starves its own people while the leaders drink cognac and caviar.
On Sherlock vs. Elementary Shipping Part II
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: I thought the fixation with Johnlock by Sherlockians was bizarre. Little did I know of both Wincest or Holmescest.
Sherlock, Elementary, and Sherlock Holmes Film Series: Some Thoughts
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Now, what I think I will do is compare the three most recent versions of the Canon adaptations: the BBC television show Sherlock, the CBS television show Elementary, and the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes films to see how the all compare.
Why 2014 Wasn’t A Bad Year For Movies
Dustin Jansick @ Way Too Indie
- Excerpt: If 2014 wasn’t such a poor year for movies, why do many critics insist on calling it one? A look at our skewed perception as moviegoers.
Reviews of Short Films
A Aldeia
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
À Beira do Abismo
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Dare
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: US Short Film Review
O Meu Avô
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Pestilência
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Vermelho Vivo
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Other Articles
2014 Round-Up
- Excerpt: It is a strange, flawed, risk-taking, endlessly intriguing film full of suffering and madness – and it is probably one of the most successful psychological Westerns yet made.
The Economics of Small Film Festivals
Exit Lines: Come Look at the Freaks
- Excerpt: Bradley Cooper is The Elephant Man on Broadway.
The John Hines Show
Robert Cashill @ WCCO Minnesota CBS Local
- Excerpt: 12/26 radio reviews including The Hobbit and Into the Woods
The Morning After: Jan. 5, 2015
- Excerpt: A short review of “The Imitation Game”
