OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
Top 10 Action Films of 2021
5 Favorites #204: Banderas, Fleischer, Holland, Lebenzon, Wahlberg
50 Films I Loved In 2021
Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
Interviews
2000 Songs for Farida
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Yalkin Tuychiev has come up with an impressive movie, a piece of “true cinema” that thrives on all aspects, and a must-see by all fans of meaningful (and beautiful) movies.
Collecting Movies with Nicole Rodenburg
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Interview with Koji Fukada
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: We speak with Koji Fukada about rewatching his older films, his preference between Japanese and French cinema, the effect theater had on his filmmaking, Kanji Furutachi and Bryerly Long, and many other topics.
Interview with Leila Hatami
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: We speak with Leila Hatami about her father and his impact on her career, collaborating with Abbas Kiarostami and Asghar Farhadi, acting within Iran’s limitations and many other topics
Essays
The Male Gaze: Celluloid Dreams
- Excerpt: A septet of widely divergent points of view and eras
Marry Me’ And Decoding Jennifer Lopez’s Church Of Romantic Comedy
Awards Coverage
94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 11
Every Performance Nominated at the Oscars this Year Ranked
- Excerpt: After a particularly unpredictable Oscar season, we now have twenty actors nominated across four categories including seven previous winners and eight first-time nominees. I took on the monumental task of ranking all twenty performances from best to worst. Agree or disagree? Let me know!
Poll: Remaking Best Animated Feature, 2009
Upcoming Film Previews
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Preview: Uncharted, updated
Other Types of Articles
Does a fantasy of a western a film noir make?
Drama Review: The Real Thing (2020) By Koji Fukada
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: The antithetical combination of unlikable but intriguing characters and the overall atmosphere of mystery eventually lean towards the latter, with the series emerging as a rather interesting watch, also due to the overall cinematic prowess. Furthermore, I feel that the title works quite better as a series than a movie, with the breaks between the episodes allowing for an easier watch.
