OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Essays
10 of Roger Ebert’s Favorite Movies About America
- Excerpt: In honor of the 250th anniversary of the document that led to the founding of the United States of America with a new, if flawed declaration of the inalienable rights of all individuals, here are some of the movies he loved most for what they showed us about our country, the best and worst, the failures and the resilience.
David Lynch and Mel Brooks created their most accessible drama with The Elephant Man
- Excerpt: Bonding over a fondness for outsiders and for Lynch’s debut Eraserhead—to hear Lynch tell it, Brooks burst from the screening room, embraced him, and said “You’re a madman, I love you, you’re in”—the established parodist and burgeoning surrealist created a drama that blended their most accessible and humane sensibilities.
Young Washington goes full Rambo for America’s birthday
- Excerpt: Angel Studios welcomes a garish Semiquincentennial with a live-action Brad Neely adaptation.
Festival Coverage
Father Son Holy Gore Does Fantasia 2026
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Fantasia is the best film festival in the world. Every year, the weird, the wild, and the wondrous grace Fantasia screenings, and from big to small films, the craziest stories are allowed to be told with full abandon.
Awards Coverage
Contender: Ha-chun, Shake Your Booty!
Contender: Hoppers
Contender: The Black Ball
Contender: The End of Oak Street
Contender: The Man I Love
Contenders 26: July Update
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Costume Design, 2003
Upcoming Film Previews
Barrio Triste
Colony, Updated
Film Preview: The Angry Birds Movie 3
Her Private Hell, Updated
Hot Spot
Motor City
Not Alone
The Odyssey, Updated
Pinocchio Unstrung
Rosebush Pruning
The Samurai and the Prisoner
Sense and Sensibility
Union County
Werwulf
Other Types of Articles
Ike: Countdown to D-Day
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Ike: Countdown to D-Day takes the events surrounding the Allied invasion of Normandy and shapes them into strong viewing.
Movie Madness Episode 665: RSVP For One Wilde Dinner Party
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: 8 reviews this week including the Minions in Hollywood, Olivia Wilde’s latest directorial effort, John Early as a woman with bulimia plus Enola Holmes, Peter Asher, Robin Byrd and George Washington.
Movie Madness Episode 666: Surprise! No Sony Discs This Week
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: It’s a light week for (new) physical media we haven’t talked about before, but David Lynch fans should be happy. Tim Burton, maybe not so much.
The Take-Up Podcast: Killer of Sheep
Box Office History (Week 27, 2026)
Oscar History: July 3
Oscar History: July 4
Oscar History: July 5
Oscar History: July 6
Oscar History: July 7
Oscar History: July 8
Oscar History: July 9
Poll: Best of Jul. 2025, Wide
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Minions & Monsters”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jul. 10-12, 2026)
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