OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
The 10 Best Classic Films on Blu-Ray and DVD in 2022
5 Favorites #159: James Cameron
Hailee Steinfeld’s Top 10 Best Performances
David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
Hammer to Nail’s Best Films of 2022
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: Erich Maria Remarque’s seminal 1929 anti-war novel All Quiet on the Western Front has twice before received a filmed adaptation, once in 1930 and then again (for TV) in 1979, both times in English. Now comes a German director’s turn.
Reeling 2022 Top Ten Lists
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
Interviews
Interview with “Second Chance” Director Ramin Bahrani
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: The movie is now in theaters and will come out on Showtime in the spring. Just last week, I had a chance to talk with Bahrani via Zoom.
Interview With Anthony Shim and Choi Seung-yoon
- Excerpt: about the personal story behind the script of the movie, grief and displacement, cinematography, casting and acting, and other topics.
Interview with Eldar Shibanov, Esil Amantay and Sanjar Madi
- Excerpt: about the story of the movie, their experiences on the set, the casting, weird haircuts, and other topics
Interview With Geetika Narang Abbasi and Yasir Abbasi
- Excerpt: about the reasons of shooting a film about lookalikes, the difficulties the production posed, the characters of these people, and many other topics
Interview With Ham Tran
- Excerpt: about his past work, going back and forth between the US and Vietnam, the concept behind the film, working with children and many other topics.
Interview With Ibrahim Alhajjaj
- Excerpt: about wrestling and his training for the movie, his cooperation with the director and co-protagonist, how the life for an actor in Saudi Arabia is and many other topics.
Awards Coverage
95th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 2
The Friday Face-Off, The Ultimate List – Week #27
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 9-11, 2022
- Excerpt: Oscar chances for “Empire of Light” and “The Whale.”
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Actor, 2012
Upcoming Film Previews
Alice, Darling
Babylon, Updated
Champions
Cocaine Bear
The Harbinger
Lullaby
M3GAN, Updated
The Mean One
Missing
Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again
The Pale Blue Eye, Updated
The Quiet Girl
Saint Omer
Other Types of Articles
Harry & Meghan: Vol I television review: royal rumble counterpunch
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: There is little here we did not already know, but this is nevertheless a fascinating counterpoint to royal propaganda. Kudos to Harry’s audacity at being unwilling to perpetuate a noxious paradigm.
The Morning After: Dec. 12, 2022
- Excerpt: Short review of “The Fabelmans.”
Movie Madness Episode 345: Walter Hill, Meta Blues, Bombs And A Shower
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: Things get weird on the show this week with a vast array of new Blu-rays to talk about. Peter Sobczynski joins Erik Childress again to talk perfect films for the holiday by Bob Clark and Michael Haneke?
Movie Madness Episode 346: Meanies, Loudmouths and a Donkey
Erik Childress @ Now Playing Network
- Excerpt: On the penultimate review episode of 2022, Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy look at nine new movies.
