OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
Ella Balinska & Hugo Keijzer discuss SXSW London film ‘The Occupant’
Kat Hughes @ THN
Kat Hughes @ THN
Gifts in the Impediment: Nina Conti and Shenoah Allen on “Sunlight”
- Excerpt: Yes, in a way we were providing voices for the characters, or they were doing the work for us. I think it’s the second one.
A Great Businessman in the Persona of a Wonderful Entertainer: Todd Purdum on Desi Arnaz
- Excerpt: What he lacked in vocal skill or musical skill, he made up for in taste and oomph. He had a lot of sparkle and a definite roguish quality, a twinkle in his eye.
Interview with “Prime Minister” Directors Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe
Christopher Reed @ Film festival Today
- Excerpt: In Prime Minister (which I reviewed at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival), directors Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe craft an engaging portrait of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Using a wealth of archival material—much of it captured by Utz (and her husband) and Ardern’s partner (now husband), Clark Gayford, over the years—Utz and Walshe humanize their subject while exploring her politics and governance record.
Christopher Reed @ Film festival Today
- Excerpt: In Prime Minister (which I reviewed at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival), directors Lindsay Utz and Michelle Walshe craft an engaging portrait of former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Using a wealth of archival material—much of it captured by Utz (and her husband) and Ardern’s partner (now husband), Clark Gayford, over the years—Utz and Walshe humanize their subject while exploring her politics and governance record.
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore Interview with Director and Star
Christopher Reed @ Film festival Today
- Excerpt: Director Shoshannah Stern makes her feature debut with a moving, intimate portrait of Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin in the aptly titled Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (which I reviewed out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival). The film is right now playing at the Tribeca Festival, and I was fortunate to be able to chat via zoom with both Stern and Matlin ahead of the event.
Essays
Cult Of Criterion: Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
- Excerpt: The jazz legend is at his most human in an intimate documentary of unlikely origin.
How ‘Dangerous Animals’ is Changing the Tide on Shark Representation in Film
Festival Coverage
Backside
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: The Tribeca Festival runs June 4-15 in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood and Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground! Check out Chris Reeds’s Backside movie review fresh from the fest.
Encontros de Viana. Edgar Pêra, sobre ‘Cartas Telepáticas’ e a IA: “Pode ser uma ferramenta para fazer milhares de coisas”
Paulo Poerugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Os 25º Encontros de Viana (que decorrem ainda em Viana do Castelo ate ao dia 14) dedicaram especial atenção ao uso da inteligência artificial no cinema, um dos pontos mais fortes do festival minhoto, focado na partilha de experiências e metodologias pedagógicas entre escolas de cinema.
Holding Liat
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: The Tribeca Festival runs June 4-15 in New York’s Tribeca neighborhood and Hammer to Nail has boots on the ground! Check out Chris Reeds’s Holding Liat movie review fresh from the fest.
Piracema – uma carta de amor ao Teatro vence Encontros de Viana
Paulo Poerugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Já são conhecidos os vencedores do Prémio PrimeirOlhar, uma das seções competitivas dos ENCONTROS / Festival de Cinema de Viana, o certame dirigido por Carlos Viana e programado por Pedro Sena Nunes, que teve início no passado dia 5 de maio e que se prolonga até esta quarta-feira, dia 14.
Re-Creation (Tribeca 2025)
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It invents an alternative story, presenting what might have happened if reality had been different. An interesting idea that is also sufficiently respectful of the real case and the murder victim.
Tribeca Review: “Boy George & Culture Club”
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: I respect how much they are able to self-critique, but there’s a glossiness to the overall affair that keeps us on the surface of intimacy. There’s still plenty to celebrate—for fans and the uninitiated alike—so sit back and take pleasure in revisiting “Karma Chameleon” and more.
Awards Coverage
Contender: Eleanor the Great
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Grand Tour
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Jay Kelly
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: Jurassic World Rebirth
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
The Contenders 25: May Retrospective / July Forecast
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Deliver Me from Nowhere
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Actress, 2007
Rating the Nominees, Group 1, #32
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 2, #32
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 3, #32
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 4, #32
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #31
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 6, #31
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #31
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Upcoming Film Previews
The Bayou
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Black Phone 2
The Dogs
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Elio, Updated
The Fantastic Four: First Steps, Updated
Frankenstein
Happy Gilmore 2
Heads of State, Updated
The Kiss of the Spider Woman
M3GAN 2.0, Updated
Quisling – The Final Days
Riley
The Thursday Murder Club
Wicked: For Good
Reviews of Short Films
Cherry-Colored Funk (Tribeca 2025)
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Telling a story that feels complete, that tells something meaningful to the viewer in fifteen minutes or less is always a challenge, but that is precisely what director Chelsie Pennello manages to do with Cherry-Colored Funk, a short film centered on an intense, deceitful, overly ambitious character who, throughout the story, faces the consequences of his decisions.
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Telling a story that feels complete, that tells something meaningful to the viewer in fifteen minutes or less is always a challenge, but that is precisely what director Chelsie Pennello manages to do with Cherry-Colored Funk, a short film centered on an intense, deceitful, overly ambitious character who, throughout the story, faces the consequences of his decisions.
Kisses and Bullets (Tribeca 2025)
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Focusing on two Iranian girls, one in New York as an immigrant, and the other still in Tehran, it manages to develop two parallel narratives that complement each other, demonstrating how much can be done for a cause from different perspectives. It’s an emotional and powerful film, which nevertheless ends somewhat abruptly.
Other Types of Articles
Movie Madness Episode 567: You Must Have Seen Her…And That…Again.
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Six movies last week. Seven movies this week with Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy
Movie Madness Episode 568: All Time To Talk Bond
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: It’s a light week for physical media but a good week for one of the longest running franchises ever.
The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks reveals someone who was far more than the popular image (of a demure, respectable middle-aged seamstress).
Box Office History (Week 23, 2025)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 06
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 07
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 08
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 09
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 10
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 11
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: June 12
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Best of Jun. 2024, Limited
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Ballerina”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jun. 13-15, 2025)
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