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 is how much she 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.
Essays
Chain Reactions arms film criticism with a chainsaw
- Excerpt: The profession comes under increased fire at the same time a serendipitous release makes an undeniable case for its value: Chain Reactions, a feature-length piece of film criticism slicing into the meat of one of the most famous horror movies ever made, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
Is The Conjuring Secretly Hollywood’s Second Most Successful Shared Universe?
- Excerpt: Darren Mooney explores how The Conjuring scared together Hollywood’s second most successful shared universe.
MegaDoc is the Rosetta Stone for appreciating (if not understanding) Megalopolis
- Excerpt: MegaDoc, Mike Figgis’ on-set making-of documentary, doesn’t provide an answer that leads to traditional understanding, but it is a Rosetta Stone for appreciating the crystallized zeal that is Megalopolis.
Festival Coverage
Aniki Bobó, Barry Lyndon ou Un Revenant: é o festival Klassikoak!
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Na 73ª edição do Festival de San Sebastián, que decorre de 19 a 28 de setembro, a secção Klasikoak destaca-se ao incluir doze títulos que vão desde clássicos do cinema mundial até obras mais modernas, celebrando a riqueza da história cinematográfica.
Filmes de Jafar Panahi e Kaouther Ben Hania concorrem a prémio de democracia e direitos humanos
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: It Was Just an Accident’, do iraniano Jafar Panahi, vencedor da Palma de Ouro em Cannes e o tunisino ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’, vencedor do Grande Prémio do Júri, em Veneza, concorrem ao premio Agenda 2030.
Jennifer Lawrence irá receber o Prémio Donostia
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: A cineasta lusitana Laura Carreira (recebeu o ano passado o prémio de realização por ‘On Falling’) e a atriz Maria de Medeiros estarão igualmente presentes em Donostia.
Jim Jarmush é Leão de Ouro surpresa
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Father, Mother, Sister, Brother conquista a preferência do júri liderado por Alexander Payne. The Voice of Hind Rajab vence Prémio Especial do Júri.
Noite de homenagem em que Almodóvar gritou: “Viva a Palestina Livre!”
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Na cerimónia de abertura da 73ª edição do Festival de Cinema de San Sebastián, que decorre de 19 a 28 de setembro, a produtora Esther Garcia recebeu o Prémio Donóstia e Water Salles o prémio FIPRESCI por Ainda Estou Aqui, o filme do ano para a crítica internacional.
Awards Coverage
2025 Nominations Predictions: September
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Makeup, 2002
Retrospetiva Lillian Hellman em San Sebastián
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: O Festival de San Sebastián dedica uma retrospectiva à escritora e screenwriter americana Lillian Hellman, destacando 16 filmes produzidos entre 1935 e 1999.
Upcoming Film Previews
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Other Types of Articles
Alien: Earth Episode 8 (Season Finale)
Sebastian Zavala @ NoEsEnSerie.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: The eighth episode of “Alien: Earth” tries to do a lot; perhaps too much for some. And yet, I can’t say I’m dissatisfied, perhaps just eager to see more.
The Lowdown episode 1 recap: Welcome to Tulsa
- Excerpt: Ethan Hawke embarks on a noirish journey through the Oklahoma town
Movie Madness Episode 595: Viva la Revolución
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: 11 new films are reviewed including an early look at what could be the film of the year by Paul Thomas Anderson
Movie Madness Episode 596: Zombies, Nazis & Disney
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: This week in physical media definitely has a type and Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski are here to let you know what to buy (or choose not to buy) this week.
Peacemaker: Season 2, Episode 5
Sebastian Zavala @ NoEsEnSerie.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It’s interesting that this fifth episode of the second season of “Peacemaker” feels both vital and weak; both intriguing and slightly disappointing.
The Take-Up Podcast: The Long Walk
Truman: The Television Movie
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Truman, the television biopic based on historian David McCullough’s biography of the 33rd President, is respectable but oh so dry.
Box Office History (Week 38, 2025)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 19
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 20
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 21
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 22
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 23
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 24
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: September 25
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Him”
Poll: What Are You Most Antcipating? (Oct. 2025, Wide)
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Sep. 26-28, 2025)
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