OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
5 Favorites #108: Most Anticipated of 2022
Interviews
Gil Kenan and Henry Lawfull of “A Boy Called Christmas”
- Excerpt: The truth is that for all of us, Christmas is a holiday that we come to with great expectation and nostalgia or emotional currents that remind us of moments from our childhood or families.
Awards Coverage
The Friday Face-Off, Losers Bracket (Losers), Round 2 #6
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Nov. 26-28, 2021
Poll: Remaking Best Makeup & Hairstyling, 2014
Essays
JFK, Oswald, and the Texas
Josh Taylor @ The Forgetful Film Critic
- Excerpt: History, film history, and movies swirled for me into an intoxicating and irresistible event on November 22nd, 2021 at the Texas Theatre. That’s the movie house located on Jefferson Ave. where Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested shortly after John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Video Essays, Video Reviews, Vlogs & More
Serpentário
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
Like Peas in a Sci-Fi Pod: The 1978 Remake of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”
Quick and Dirty Tales of Murder and Journalism in Hollywood
Rod Serling Undermines the American Dream with the Stories in “Night Gallery”
- Excerpt: Every picture tells a scary story, don’t it?
The Sexual Politics in Sexy Rudolph Valentino’s Silent Film “The Shiek”
- Excerpt: Eyebrows tilting and nostrils flaring and emanating pheromones of intoxicating effluvia, Foreigners like Valentino’s Sheik had un-American sex all over Hollywood.
Two 1950s Argentine Noirs Raise Goosebumps and Fevered Style
- Excerpt: Film noirs ‘The Beast Must Die’ and ‘The Bitter Stems’ exemplify why forgotten films must be restored and rediscoveries trumpeted to the amazement of new generations.
