OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
Interviews
In Conversation With Stephen Tobolowsky
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Talking TCM’s Summer of Darkness with “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller
- Excerpt: The days may be getting longer, but on TCM, the programming is getting darker. This summer, the network is bringing back a new iteration of its Summer of Darkness series.
Essays
Peter O’Toole Oscar Nomination Number Three: An Analysis
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: I look on (Cliff) Robertson’s win and (Peter) O’Toole’s loss as simply inexplicable.
West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves Of Liberty was built to blow minds in high school history class
- Excerpt: Though the maximalist, theatrical, proudly surreal history lesson of West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves Of Liberty might seem intimidating to your everyday moviegoer, anyone who enjoyed Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show has been perfectly primed to enjoy the film’s infectious, satirical takedown of colonialism.
Festival Coverage
Backrooms
- Excerpt: Kane Parsons’ uncanny creeper Backrooms is a Borgesian labyrinth of thrilling yet ultimately disappointing potential. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Awards Coverage
Contender: Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
Contender: I Swear
Contender: Omaha
Contender: The Adventures of Cliff Booth
Contenders 26: June Update
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Costume Design, 1999
Upcoming Film Previews
Affection
The End of Oak Street, Updated
Fatherland
I Am Frankelda
In the Hand of Dante
Ip Man: Kung Fu Legend
Lucky Strike
Pressure, Updated
Pretty Lethal
Reading Lolita in Tehran
This Tempting Madness
Wasteman
Other Types of Articles
Catherine the Great: The 2019 Miniseries
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Catherine the Great has a lot of sex and appears to want to shock with its four-letter words. It is not bad but far from what it could have been.
Movie Madness Episode 657: Good Journeys And Bad Ones To Remember In September
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Erik & Steve review seven films this week including He-Man on the big screen, the Wayans return to parody, plus lovers on the run, Earth, Wind AND Fire, hungry creatures a surprising J-Lo rom-com.
Movie Madness Episode 658: Chubby Rain II: Neighbors & Aliens
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: This week in physical media, a Spielberg box set, Steve Martin & Eddie Murphy, Joe Dante & Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts & Hugh Grant, nutty Christopher Walken and the forebearer to The Rockford Files?
Box Office History (Week 23, 2026)
Oscar History: June 05
Oscar History: June 06
Oscar History: June 07
Oscar History: June 08
Oscar History: June 09
Oscar History: June 10
Oscar History: June 11
Poll: Best of Jun. 2025, Wide
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Scary Movie”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jun. 12-14, 2026)
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