OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
Adriana Trigiani of “Big Stone Gap”
Afia Nathaniel & Her Award-Winning Film Dukhtar – Part 1 of 2
- Excerpt: The first female Pakistani filmmaker discusses “Dukhtar,” Pakistan’s Official Entry for Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film
Afia Nathaniel & Her Award Winning Film Dukhtar – Part 2 of 2
- Excerpt: Pakistani debut filmmaker on ongoing issues in the film industry for women.
Archie Gemmill – I Believe in Miracles
Ben Foster – The Program
Bryan Carberry and J. Clay Tweel of “Finders Keepers”
Colin Farrell – The Lobster
Daniel Pemberton composer for “Steve Jobs”
Nell Minow @ The Huffington Post
David Walsh – The Program
Giulio Ricciarelli of Holocaust Drama “Labyrinth of Lies”
Goran Visnjic of “The Journey Home”
Guillermo del Toro – Crimson Peak
Hou Hsiao-Hsien of “The Assassin”
Kenji Fujishima @ Movie Mezzanine
Jon Gries of “Endgame”
Mia Wasikowska – Crimson Peak
Rachel Weisz – The Lobster
Stephen Frears – The Program
Tom Hiddleston – Crimson Peak
Two Worthy Causes: Jennifer Mulligan and Emily Ramsay Talk Lights! Camera! Cure!
- Excerpt: The pair chats about Ottawa’s newest film festival, which spotlights female filmmakers and supports cancer research.
What Dreams may Come? Rodney Ascher on Sleep Paralysis and Making The Nightmare
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Lobster
Festivals: General Coverage
The Conversation: The Totality of Toronto
Festivals: Individual Reviews
Bridge of Spies
- Excerpt: Bridge of Spies’ came in to the NYFF with an almost suspiciously low profile, thrown in as part of the main slate rather than taking the kind of centerpiece slot a film of its star power would normally demand, screening late on a Sunday afternoon without the de rigueur post-media screening press conference. Was this big movie getting buried? Turns out, no — it’s just a modest movie that puts its head down and does its work, and was presented accordingly.
Chicago International Film Festival: Mia Madre
Aaron Pinkston @ Battleship Prentension
- Excerpt: The balance between the bleak drama and the raucous comedy is a tough bridge to gap. While individual scenes can work, they don’t quite fit snuggly together.
Chronic
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Mexican director Michel Franco is a man whose creative brief is life and death. In his new feature, Chronic, winner of the best screenplay at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Franco again takes unblinking aim at a chronic condition of the human animal—mortality.
Dégradé
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: If this film had been made in almost any country other than Palestine, I would be trashing it for its sexist set-up and unoriginality. However, radical Islam is highly sexist, and the beauty salon is one of the few places where women can go and where they can dress as they like.
Le Dep
Dheepan
Aaron Pinkston @ Battleship Prentension
- Excerpt: I can’t speak to whether Dheepan “deserved” the top prize at the most illustrious international film festival in the world but I can certainly say that it is a film worth your time. Though it may not be as accessible or exciting as its director’s previous films, Dheepan fits right into Audiard’s aesthetic and furthers his themes of outsiders in extraordinary conditions.
The Emperor in August
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Director Masato Harada felt the time was ripe for a retelling, not only to reveal established and new information about the World War II surrender to a new generation of Japanese indifferent to their country’s history, but also to correct some misperceptions about the emperor’s responsibility.
The Hallow
Junun
- Excerpt: We don’t need proper introductions, because everyone’s role is so clear. We don’t need to know the origin or the aim, because we can witness the outcome: the music, the miraculous music, which tells a story all its own, with more richness than any film could muster, reaching back centuries into the past, and even further into the future.
Mekko
Miles Ahead
- Excerpt: It’s a film about Miles Davis—and not about him, as it manufactures situations from whole cloth, jettisons huge swaths of his life, and basically focuses (much like last spring’s ‘Love and Mercy’) on two moments in his life, interspersed. This unconventional approach is both the movie’s blessing and its curse; it’s what makes it unique, while simultaneously blunting its effect.
Where to Invade Next
- Excerpt: Where to Invade Next’ is scattershot, reductive, and irritating; it’s also smart, funny, heartfelt, and moving. It is, in other words, a Michael Moore movie.
Awards Coverage
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Oct. 9-11, 2015
- Excerpt: Looking at the Oscar chances for “Pan” and “Steve Jobs”
Essays
8 Essential Gothic Horror Movies
- Excerpt: There is much to love about this picture, including Hitch’s somber and dreamlike opening as he traverses the drive to Manderley, which is in ruins, and the scene where Maxim comes clean about his role in Rebecca’s demise. However, the movie’s greatest trait is Mrs. Danvers — the regal and judging housekeeper of Manderley.
Reviews of Short Films
A Drop of Blood
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Kosovo Short Film Review
O Tesouro
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
(Pause pour Respirer)
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Canadian Short Film Review
¿Quién es Libertad Lionetti?
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Spanish Short Film Review
Res Pública
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Spanish Short Film Review
Ruído
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Spanish Short Film Review
Safari
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Spanish Short Film Review
Spunk
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Documentary Review
White Lock
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
…Y Emplumaré Mis Alas
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Mexican Short Animated Film Review
Other Articles
El Perro Naranja
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
The John Likes Movies Podcast: Episode 1
John Gilpatrick @ JohnLikesMovies.com
- Excerpt: For the inaugural episode of the John Likes Movies Podcast, I’m talking TIFF 2015 and its stellar lineup with writer and festival attendee Max Covill.
Mapa de Recuerdos de Madrid
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
