OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
11 Baseball Movies that Hit it Out of the Park from Make Me Commissioner’s Jane Leavy
- Excerpt: What comes through on every page of Make Me Commissioner is how much Jane Leavy loves every bit of the game, its players, and its coaches and managers. She also loves baseball movies, and I asked her to share her favorites with me.
Cheese, Glue, and Skiffle: Spinal Tap & Marty DeBergi on “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues”
- Excerpt: In our interview, DeBergi told me why the group was not happy with the first film and Spinal Tap talked about some contemporary musicians they admire, their early influences, and the audience’s reaction when they had the folk singing trio The Folksmen for their opening act.
The History of Sound
Andrea Chase @ Behind the Scenes
- Excerpt: Oliver Hermanus talks being a sponge, echoing the past in the present, and playing with fire.
M: Son of the Century — Joe Wright Interview
Andrea Chase @ Behind the Scenes
- Excerpt: Joe Wright talks trivializing terms, managing revolutionaries, and having to improvise.
Essays
Cult Of Criterion: Born In Flames
- Excerpt: When you get something like the narrative debut from critic-turned-filmmaker Lizzie Borden, which shouts a radical and enduring message still firing up protestors and advocates more than 40 years later, it’s as striking as a conversation shouted between sets and shots at a lousy dive bar.
Spoiler Space: The Long Walk’s feel-bad ending is even bleaker than the book’s
- Excerpt: It’s not like Stephen King gave his novel a happy ending, but the film adaptation breaks the winner down to an even sadder place.
Awards Coverage
Contender: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: The Voice of Hind Rajab
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Contender: The Wizard of the Kremlin
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
The Contenders 25: August Retrospective/October Forecast
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Makeup, 2001
Upcoming Film Previews
Adulthood
Black Phone 2, Updated
Chaperone
The Choral
Coyotes
Delivery Run
Die My Love
Dust Bunny
Eternity
GOAT
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Nouvelle Vague
Peacock
The Rip
The Smashing Machine, Updated
Song Sung Blue
The Summer Book
Tributes
Four Nights of a Dreamer
Kenji Fujishima @ Book and Film Globe
Other Types of Articles
Movie Madness Episode 593: A Fine Line Between Stupid & Clever
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Spinal Tap, Stephen King and one of the best movies of the year are part of seven reviews this week.
Movie Madness Episode 594: Smell The Glaive
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: The start of great directorial careers, cult sci-fi/fantasy and a wacky ’80s crime thriller are all part of the physical media roundup this week.
The Take-Up Podcast: Taxi Driver
Box Office History (Week 37, 2025)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 12
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 13
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 14
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 15
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 16
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 17
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 18
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Best of Sep. 2025, Limited
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Sep. 19-21, 2025)
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