OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Essays
March Of The Penguins caused a sensation with simplicity
- Excerpt: The game-changing nature doc inspired a parody, a video game, and Morgan Freeman’s prolific voiceover career—all by sticking penguins in a humanized narrative.
The New Wave of Indonesian Horror: 13 Films Redefining Fear
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Indonesia’s horror renaissance blooms from decades of strict censorship that suppressed supernatural intensity and social commentary
Shu Qi: A Cinematic Journey from Category III to Art House Icon
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Few actresses in Asian cinema have had a career as dynamic, transformative, and enduring as Shu Qi. Born Lin Li-Hui in Taiwan, Shu Qi began her career in the mid-1990s in Hong Kong’s notorious Category III film scene, quickly rising to fame through her bold performances and magnetic screen presence
Awards Coverage
2025 Nominations Predictions: August
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Contender: Living the Land
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Contender: Mongrel
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Contender: The Bad Guys 2
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Contender: The Housemaid
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Contender; Weapons
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Poll: Re-Awarding Best Makeup, 1997
Rating the Nominees, Group 5, #41
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Rating the Nominees, Group 6, #41
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Rating the Nominees, Group 7, #41
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Upcoming Film Previews
Code 3
Eleanor the Great
Griffin in Summer
The Legend of Hei 2
Love, Brooklyn
Marty Supreme
Peter Hujar’s Day
Plainclothes
Plainclothes, Updated
Shelby Oaks
Steve
Stranger Eyes
Swiped
The Thursday Murder Club, Updated
Tin Soldier
Reviews of Short Films
Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: By intertwining horror with a sharp sociopolitical critique, Shiraishi masterfully achieves what the genre strives toward today. “Red Spider Lilies: The Ascension” ranks among the most impressive, visually sophisticated shorts in recent memory, elevating it well above its peers.
The Sleeping Beauty
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “The Sleeping Beauty” stands out as an accomplished short, functioning both as an unnerving work of horror and as a sharp sociopolitical allegory. It is visually striking, thematically rich, and nicely acted. Now, all that remains is to see where Mattie Do takes us in her next work.
Other Types of Articles
Alien: Earth, Episodes 1 and 2
Sebastian Zavala @ NoEsEnSerie.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Some elements haven’t quite gelled yet, but overall, the series is off to a good start, feeling both familiar and fresh. A difficult balance to achieve, but one that results in a couple of entertaining hours.
AI and Cinema
Diego Salgado @ A Quemarropa [Spanish]
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: (Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything) covers the length and breadth of Walters’ career and life, showing that she was inspirational, aspirational and when needed, ruthless.
Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace is one of the worst things ever to be broadcast in human history. This love letter to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has no redeeming qualities, nothing to say that anyone should watch it outside of psychological torture.
Judy Garland: By Myself
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: The extraordinary heights and disastrous lows of her professional and personal life are examined by friends, coworkers and even by Garland herself.
Movie Madness Episode 587: Call Me Sometime When You Have No Class
Erik Childress @ Erik’s Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Reviews This Week include: Highest 2 Lowest, Nobody 2, Night Always Comes, Jimmy & Stiggs, Red Sonja, Witchboard, East of Wall, Went Up the Hill, The Knife, Fixed and Anxiety Club
Movie Madness Episode 588: 15,000 Cars, Suddenly, By Magic
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Italian Neo-Realism, Eurosleaze, Blaxploitation plus Jane Austen, SNL Movies, James Stewart, Leslie Nielsen and Xanadu. All in physical media this week.
Night Always Comes
- Excerpt: It’s another standout performance from Kirby, who juggles so many different facets of Lynette’s life, and a stark reminder of a reality that millions of Americans are facing today. Though it has some cliches, it’s a visceral viewing experience through and through.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin: The Television Special
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: I think many will be surprised to see Claude Rains, embodiment of sophistication and elegance, doing a little song-and-dance.
That’s So Wednesday
Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
- Excerpt: Our favorite goth girl returns with a new murder mystery.
Box Office History (Week 33, 2025)
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Oscar History: August 15
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Oscar History: August 16
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Oscar History: August 17
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Oscar History: August 18
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Oscar History: August 19
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Oscar History: August 20
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Oscar History: August 21
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Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Nobody 2”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Aug. 22-24, 2025)
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