OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
Top 21 Must-See Dance Sequences in Classic Films
Kristen Lopez @ Journeys in Classic Film
Interviews
Adeel Akhtar and Ray Panthaki – Convenience
Alan Zweig
- Excerpt: Alan Zweig discusses ‘Hurt’, which won the inaugural Platform prize at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
‘ Big Game’ Director Jalmari Helander on Samuel L. Jackson’s Sole Demand, Underdog Stories, and More
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
Catherine Hardwicke – Miss You Already
The Cine Doc fest returns for seventh year
Joseph Proimakis @ Popaganda.gr [Greek]
Craig Roberts – Just Jim
David Gordon Green Talks ‘Manglehorn,’ Making Al Pacino Uncomfortable, and Romanticizing the Past
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
David Oyelowo – Captive
Director Alex Winter Talks ‘Deep Web,’ the Democratization of Culture, ‘Bill & Ted 3,’ and More
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette – Miss You Already
Drew Goddard – The Martian
Gaspar Noe: Love is a warzone
Joseph Proimakis @ Popaganda.gr [Greek]
- Excerpt: I’m more obsessed with sex than with my movies says the director of Love, just before the film’s premiere at the Athens International Film Festival
Interview with Walker Deibel, Executive Producer of Finders Keepers
Andrew Wyatt @ St. Louis Magazine
Ridley Scott – The Martian
‘ Samba’ Co-Director Olivier Nakache on Discovering Omar Sy, the Importance of Music, and More
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
Simon Fantauzzo and Keri Collins – Convenience
‘ Spring’ Directors Discuss Breaking Rules, Indie Horror, Budget Constraints, and More
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
‘ Stray Dog’ Director Debra Granik on Finding Authenticity and Resisting Fictionalization Temptations
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
‘ Unexpected’ Director Kris Swanberg on Not Passing Judgement, Eliminating Stereotypes, and More
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
Verne Troyer – Convenience
Festivals: General Coverage
The 2015 Oak Cliff Film Festival is Awesome!
The AnimaSyros International Animation Festival celebrates its eighth edition
Joseph Proimakis @ Cineuropa.org
- Excerpt: Greece’s largest animation gathering spreads colour among the Cyclades by inaugurating its Agora, the country’s first animation market
The Athens International Film Festival raises its 21st curtain
Joseph Proimakis @ Cineuropa.org
- Excerpt: Paolo Sorrentino’s Youth and Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan bookend a programme of over 300 titles, 12 of them competing for the Golden Athena
Day One of the Julien Dubuque International Film Fest
Gridlocked
- Excerpt: An energetic beast packed with bullets to the head, hyper-violence and well-choreographed ass kickings.
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival ’15 Wrap Up
Let’s All Go to the Wisconsin Film Festival…
What is the Julien Dubuque International Film Festival?
Festivals: Individual Reviews
CSAFF 2015 Preview
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
How to Win Enemies
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: How to Win Enemies is, like his own description of his feature debut, Jews in Space or Why Is this Night Different from All Other Nights? (2005), also a sad comedy, and though rather predictable, it is still a well-executed film that holds one’s attention and sympathy for its duration.
The Visit
Women He’s Undressed
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Gillian Armstrong brings almost as much design panache and ingenuity to her film about Hollywood’s legendary costume designer Orry-Kelly as he had himself.
Awards Coverage
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Sep. 25-27, 2015
- Excerpt: Looking at the Oscar chances of “Hotel Transylvania 2” and “Labyrinth of Lies”
Projection: Oscar – Buzzin’
Jason McKiernan @ Next Projection
- Excerpt: A film can’t navigate the Oscar season if the right combination of people – from audiences to critics to industry insiders to guild members – aren’t actively talking about it. Staying in the conversation for the long haul is challenging in a field consisting of a seemingly infinite number of prestige contenders, but getting in the conversation is the first major leap for these big early fall festivals, and that’s where the buzz begins.
Projection: Oscar – Clear As Mud, Or: How the Oscar Season May Already Be Over
Jason McKiernan @ Next Projection
- Excerpt: Clearly, late-year releases can impact the race and generate goodwill with the Academy. But the last decade of awards seasons indicates that making initial impact early in the season and developing a narrative that can sustain a marathon race seems to be the most consistent path to ultimate Oscar victory.
Projection: Oscar – The Past, the Present, and the Passion
Jason McKiernan @ Next Projection
- Excerpt: There seems to be a thin line between journalism and lobbying, between spotting the trends and creating them. The role of the pundit is ever-evolving, and not always in encouraging directions.
Projection: Oscar – The Premieres
Jason McKiernan @ Next Projection
- Excerpt: The coming awards season is as full – and as exciting – as it can be. I can’t wait to give myself a headache trying to figure it all out.
Projection: Oscar – The Six Things We Know For Sure Right Now
Jason McKiernan @ Next Projection
- Excerpt: At this stage – still decidedly early – it’s hard to wrap one’s head around the shapeless enormity of the season. So that’s the focus of today’s Projection: Oscar column. Six things – I would venture to posit the only six things – we know to be true about the Oscar race right at this moment.
Television
New Orleans Here and Now
Essays
Mad Max Fury Road
Mathieu Li-Goyette @ Panorama-cinéma [French]
- Excerpt: An essay on the relation between speed and energy in Mad Max Fury Road.
On Shootings in Movie Theaters
Spielberg is Right About Superhero Movies and the Western
- Excerpt: The Western was a mythical, psychic expression of every American thought in mainstream conversation. This is hardly removed from the modern world that saw real-life tragedies birth the superhero craze in which we currently live.
Why Tim Burton’s Batman 3 Never Happened
- Excerpt: The most infamous fallout from this bitter buzz came on the merchandizing side of Batman Returns, which like the box office took a noticeable hit. But the financials were the least of it when the PR for WB’s bat-shaped golden calf became factored in. And it started with those damn Happy Meals.
Reviews of Short Films
Água
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Canadian Short Docs at TIFF
- Excerpt: Highlights from the short docs screening at TIFF include ‘Bacon and God’s Wrath’, ‘Rock the Box’ and ‘Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton’.
Doggers
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
I Am Sami
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: British / Iraki Short Film Review
Limanakia
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Najes
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Iranian Short Film Review
O Mal e a Aldeia
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Puto
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
San Francisco 2.0
Sarah D Bunting @ Previously.TV
Ukhilavi Sivrtseebi
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Georgean Short Film Review – Nominated for the Cannes Palm d’Or in 2014
Wut
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Spanish Short Film Review
Other Articles
First Rungs: How Entertainment Women Execs Began Their Climb to the Top
Kimberly Gadette @ Doddle and Thalo
- Excerpt: Wow, women are finally assuming impressive power in entertainment … yet not quite like Mary Pickford in 1919. Modern times indeed.
