OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
Chie Hayakawa Talks About Renoir, Childhood Memories, International Coproduction and the Japanese Industry
- Excerpt: Looking ahead, Hayakawa revealed that her next project will have a slightly science fiction element. The story will explore whether human beings can truly understand the pain of others. While she does not yet know whether all the same collaborators will return, she confirmed that the project will again be structured as an international coproduction.
Kensuke Sonomura Talks Action Design, Joe Taslim, Yayan Ruhian and The Furious
- Excerpt: On the occasion of “The Furious” releasing in US theaters on June 12, we speak with Japanese action director Kensuke Sonomura about working under director Kenji Tanigaki, designing the action sequences, collaborating with Joe Taslim, Yayan Ruhian, and Xie Miao, and the most challenging scenes in the movie
Festival Coverage
I’m Covering Tribeca 2026!
Josh Thayer @ The Forgetful Film Critic
- Excerpt: I have exciting news. For the first time in the almost dozen years I’ve been maintaining this website, I will be traveling outside of the state of Texas to cover a film festival. I’m going to Tribeca!
Awards Coverage
Contender: Animal Farm
Contender: Fjord
Contender: Madden
Contender: Sense and Sensibility
Contender: The Death of Robin Hood
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Costume Design, 1998
Upcoming Film Previews
Broken Land
Chum
Disclosure Day, Updated
Enola Holmes 3
My Sister’s Bones
Primetime
Savage House
Spa Weekend
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Updated
Toy Story 5, Updated
Victorian Psycho
Tributes
Yoshihiro Nishimura Tribute: Remembering Japan’s Master of Splatter
- Excerpt: The passing of Yoshihiro Nishimura feels particularly cruel because his cinema always seemed to resist the very idea of death. Bodies in his work were sliced, transformed, exploded, weaponized, reassembled, and turned into grotesque sculptures of flesh and metal, but they rarely simply ended. Instead, they mutated. In that sense, Nishimura’s oeuvre remains one of the most instantly recognizable in contemporary Japanese genre cinema, a bloody, excessive, hilarious, offensive, and often strangely inspired body of work that turned splatter into a form of pop art.
Reviews of Short Films
Before the Sea Forgets (2025)
- Excerpt: Some more time to explore the story further would definitely benefit the movie. In the end, however, “Before the Sea Forgets” emerges as a very beautiful short that focuses on how memory lingers and the impact it can have on people.
The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge (2025)
- Excerpt: “The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge” is an interesting continuation of “Kill Bill”, and one essentially directed at fans of Quentin Tarantino, the original movies, and “Fortnite” alike. It does not exactly stand as a fully autonomous work, since much of its appeal comes from recognition, nostalgia, and the novelty of its format. However, as a violent, playful, and technically intriguing experiment, it has enough energy and style to justify its existence, even if it remains closer to a curiosity than a truly essential addition to the “Kill Bill” universe. Tags:
Parasite Family (2022)
- Excerpt: Parasite Family” often feels closer to an installation than a conventional movie, both in its structure and in the way it communicates its ideas. This approach gives it a distinctive artistic force, but also narrows its appeal, making it a work mostly addressed to viewers already familiar with experimental moving-image practices and the political context behind them.
Other Types of Articles
As Superheroes Wane, Is Horror Hollywood’s Hottest Genre?
Movie Madness Episode 655: Do You Hear What I Hear?
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: 11 Films covered by Erik & Steve this week include the latest horror sensation (and a Nate Bargatze film) plus films about D-Day, aviation, grief and a pair of films from the Chicago Critics Film Fest
Movie Madness Episode 656: Who Goes There?
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: This week in physical media a Hitchcockian charmer with Grant & Hepburn, a classic bit from Jack Nicholson, early William Friedkin and an extensive documentary on a John Carpenter masterpiece.
Why Horror Fans Will Love Obsession
Box Office History (Week 22, 2026)
Oscar History: June 1
Oscar History: June 2
Oscar History: June 3
Oscar History: June 4
Oscar History: May 29
Oscar History: May 30
Oscar History: May 31
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Backrooms”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jun. 5-7, 2026)
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