OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
Arkar Soe Oo
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Arkar Soe Oo discusses making “The Last Footage,” its Fantasia premiere and his hopes for bringing Myanmar horror to global audiences.
Aung Phyoe Discusses Fruit Gathering, Ambiguous Love and the Struggles of Myanmar Cinema
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Aung Phyoe discusses “Fruit Gathering”, its Crystal Globe win, ambiguous romance and the challenges facing Myanmar cinema.
Takashi Shimizu Discusses The Mouths, Village of Eight Gravestones and the Evolution of Japanese Horror
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Speaking on the occasion of the screenings, Shimizu reflected on a career that has kept him closely associated with horror since the 1990s. Although he continues to direct one or two genre productions in some years, he explained that he does not view horror, comedy and fantasy as completely separate forms. He may begin with the intention of making a comedy, only to discover that the material naturally moves towards horror.
Tomomi Kono and Rajiv Clifton Idnani on My Missing Half
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Produced through This Side Up and Ihr HERz Inc., “My Missing Half” is conceived as a black comedy, horror production and road movie. The project was among the titles selected for the 2026 Frontières Market, where Kono and Idnani continued their campaign to secure international financing and post-production partners.
Essays
Wunderkind filmmakers used to make sad gangster movies like Little Odessa
- Excerpt: In his downer debut, the filmmaker fills a classic story of crooked fathers and sons with his own preoccupations.
Festival Coverage
AIFF: na Jordânia impõe-se o cinema ‘beyond the frame’
Paulo Portugal @ insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: É no atual clima de agitação política internacional, no Médio Oriente, e crescente instabilidade, em particular, desde o alargamento do conflito com o Irão, que decorre (de 26 de julho a 3 de agosto) a 7ª edição do Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film (AIFF), presidido pela Princesa Rym Ali.
Everything for Someone: San Diego Comic-Con 2026 Part 2
- Excerpt: As I went through the gigantic exhibition hall and saw people of all sizes, shapes, genders, races, abilities, and ages wearing snarky t-shirts, fan regalia, and full-on, homemade costumes, buying items from a few dollars to more than a mortgage payment, it was impossible not to feel how much joy the most passionate fans get from the lively arts that are most meaningful to them. As Crunchyroll’s Leslie Bland said on a panel about SteelBooks for Blu-Rays. “We don’t try to make something for everyone. We try to make everything for someone.”
San Diego Comic-Con 2026: Composers, Costume Designers, and Brad Bird in Hall H
- Excerpt: As San Diego Comic-Con attendees walked through the Sails Pavilion on the second floor of the convention center, about 20 cosplayers dressed as Indiana Jones, a Henry Jones senior, a Marion, a handful of Short Rounds, and someone dressed as the boulder in the first scene of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” surrounded a guy in a suit. It was the real-life John Rhys-Davis, who played Indy’s friend Salleh in four films.
Awards Coverage
Contender: Backrooms
Contender: Finding Emily
Contender: GOAT
Contender: Late Fame
Contender: Saturn Return
Contenders 26: August Update
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Costume Design, 2007
Upcoming Film Previews
Children of Blood and Bone
Cocoon: One Summer of Girlhood
Coyote vs. Acme, Updated
Don’t Say Good Luck
Fall 2: Deadpoint, Updated
Jumanji: Open World
The Last Sunrise
Resident Evil, Updated
The Runner
A Sad and Beautiful World
The Thomas Crown Affair
Other Types of Articles
The Altar Boys
Jose Solís @ National Catholic Reporter
- Excerpt: Frustrated by a church that rewards appearances over goodness, four Polish altar boys take justice into their own vigilante hands in “The Altar Boys.”
If You’re Not First, You’re Sick. Yeah I Said It! (Movie Madness Episode 674)
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Physical Media this week offers one of Julianne Moore’s best roles, one of Christopher Nolan’s favorite films, a fight for the First Amendment and MORE!
The Take-Up Podcast: Blue Heron
The Take-Up Podcast: Odyssey
Ted Lasso, Season 4, Episode 1
Sebastian Zavala @ NoEsEnSerie.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It does a good job of reminding us why we fell in love with ‘Ted Lasso’ several years ago.
Box Office History (Week 31, 2026)
Oscar History: August 1
Oscar History: August 2
Oscar History: August 3
Oscar History: August 4
Oscar History: August 5
Oscar History: August 6
Oscar History: July 31
Poll: Best of Aug. 2025, Wide
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Spider-Man: Brand New Day”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Aug. 7-9, 2026)
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