OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Essays
Living on Camera: Madonna’s Game of Truth or Dare Turns 35
- Excerpt: These behind-the-scenes sequences though are where much of the films more scandalous content is. Madonna fellating a beer bottle, playing teenage party games in bed with her crew, Madonna shading Belinda Carlisle and having weird interactions with family and old friends, and a sequence about sexual assault that plays very differently today that it would have then.
Toshiaki Toyoda Tribute: The Essential Films of Japan’s Punk Auteur
- Excerpt: Toshiaki Toyoda hardly needs an introduction to fans of Japanese cinema. Since his debut in 1999 with “Pornostar”, he has been acknowledged as one of the most original filmmakers in the country. With films like “Blue Spring”, “Hanging Garden” and “9 Souls” he became internationally known, as his films continue to screen in festivals all over the world. At the same time, while anyone who has started the journey into his filmography will quickly become a fan, it is quite astounding there is a lack of critical or academical literature on Toyoda.
Festival Coverage
San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2026
- Excerpt: This year brought 18 features and seven shorts, all presented with live musical accompaniment, plus a special presentation of Japanese films produced on paper strips, and the annual “Amazing Tales from the Archives” program. Among the new restorations of films both legendary and forgotten were early features by Carl Theodor Dreyer and William Wyler, as well as revelatory German and Polish productions previously unseen stateside.
Awards Coverage
2026 Nominations Predictions: May
Contender: Coyote vs. Acme
Contender: Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom
Contender: The Social Reckoning
Digger
Mother Mary
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Original Screenplay, 2016
Upcoming Film Previews
Addition
Another World
Backrooms, Updated
Corporate Retreat
Finding Emily
Giant
The Magic Faraway Tree
Minions & Monsters, Updated
O Horizon
Summer Movie Preview
Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
- Excerpt: No Marvel movies, no problem (or so movie theaters hope) this summer.
Tony
Wildwood
Reviews of Short Films
A Quiet Storm (2025)
- Excerpt: Overall, Nicolas’s approach in “A Quiet Storm”, both in terms of direction and audiovisual style, allows the movie to move between fiction and documentary particularly well. It highlights the main theme adequately while offering entertainment aplenty. All in all, this is a very competent effort, and in a style that we do not get to see frequently.
The War of Jan Ken Pon (1971)
- Excerpt: Filled with energy, provocation, and much style, “The War of Jan-Ken-Pon” is a memorable short that highlights both the style of Shuji Terayama and that of ATG productions.
Other Types of Articles
Movie Madness Episode 652: Life Is On The Wire. Everything Else Is Just Waiting.
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: This week in physical media, a pair of box office flops get a second look plus Lawrence Kasdan’s steamy debut plus stories about Hollywood and provocateurs with microphones
Teo Hernandez’s queer avant-garde films rewire your brain
Box Office History (Week 20, 2026)
Oscar History: May 15
Oscar History: May 16
Oscar History: May 17
Oscar History: May 18
Oscar History: May 19
Oscar History: May 20
Oscar History: May 21
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Obsession”
Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (Jun. 2026, Wide)
Poll: What Are You Watching? (May 22-24, 2026)
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