OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
10 Film Awards for 2025 That Aren’t Given But Should Be
- Excerpt: TThis is the time of year when I find myself pondering questions like “Are the Downton movies actually getting better or am I getting soft?” and “Is there some hidden depth in Paul Thomas Anderson’s films that I’m missing or is everyone else wearing no clothes?”
10 Notable Documentaries for 2025
- Excerpt: Blood & Myth. Questions about what’s real and what’s not, who gets to decide, and whether culture should play a role in that determination lie at the heart of Kahlil Hudson’s documentary.
10 Notable Feature Films for 2025
- Excerpt: The Voice of Hind Rajab. Prepare to have your heart broken in Kaouther Ben Hania’s drama, a marvel of minimalist filmmaking shot with handheld cameras that portrays the efforts of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society to save a 6-year-old girl who miraculously survived an Israeli Army attack that killed six of her relatives.
- Excerpt: The Voice of Hind Rajab. Prepare to have your heart broken in Kaouther Ben Hania’s drama, a marvel of minimalist filmmaking shot with handheld cameras that portrays the efforts of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society to save a 6-year-old girl who miraculously survived an Israeli Army attack that killed six of her relatives.
Aaron’s 25 Favorite Movie Moments of 2025
Aaron Neuwirth @ We Live Entertainment
- Excerpt: Aaron picks his 25 favorite movie scenes from the films of 2025. Many to choose from and fun to go back and think about. Enjoy!
Aaron’s Top Ten Favorite Films of 2025
Aaron Neuwirth @ We Live Entertainment
- Excerpt: Here is Aaron Neuwirth’s complete list of favorites for the year 2025, with plenty of runner-ups, honorable, and special mentions.
The Best Documentaries of 2025
Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2025
Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
Father Son Holy Gore’s Best of 2025
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: 2025 was quite the year in general, and definitely a great one for film.
Favourite Films of 2025
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
My Top 10 Movies for 2025
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: 2025 delivered some genuine highs and lows. The films I loved most felt original, and these are the reasons I keep showing up.
Essays
How Marty Supreme Puts A Lens On Traditional Jewish Masculinity
- Excerpt: Marty Supreme isn’t a judgment piece about why or whether these constructions of manliness are inherently good or bad, but rather, it’s a treatise on simply understanding it all and using that understanding to help ourselves ask, “Where do we go from here?”
https://emanuellevy.com/review/featured-review/sirat-oliver-laxes-exhuberantly-thrilling-existential-road-movie-2025-2nd-best-film-2/
Emanuel Levy @ www.EmanuelLevy.com
- Excerpt: 2025 second best film
Festival Coverage
To Save and Project 2026 Nails Cutting-Edge Film Restoration
- Excerpt: Film history is a form of cultural memory in a world where such things are, unfortunately, often greeted with ignorance, indifference, or active resistance.
Awards Coverage
Contenders 25: January Updated
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Original Screenplay, 1997
Upcoming Film Previews
50+ Most Anticipated Movies of 2026
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Our look at most anticipated movies of 2026, spotlighting possible Sundance breakouts, plenty of horror films, and the return of legends.
Alpha
Anaconda, Updated
Animal Farm
Apex
The Astronaut
Avengers: Doomsday, Updated
Best Wishes to All
The Breadwinner
H Is for Hawk
Hokum
Jimmy
Kaantha
Last Stop: Rocafort St.
Madden
Normal
Safe House
The Sheep Detectives
The Well
Other Types of Articles
Behind the Movement
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Behind the Movement is in the tradition of “important stories told in very serious tones” telefilms.
Movie Madness Episode 622: Why Is This Not On Blu-ray? 2026
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Erik Childress & Peter Sobczynski look at 20 films that are still waiting for a Blu-ray upgrade in North America.
The Take-Up Podcast: Suspiria (2018)
With Love, Meghan: A Rising Tide Raises All Boats
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: (The production crew) cannot be faulted for With Love, Meghan being terribly boring and uninformative about entertaining.
With Love, Meghan: A Weekend Away
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Shockingly boring and revelatory of Meghan Markle’s monstrous ego, A Weekend Away should have those suffering through this series turn to their nearest mixologist for relief.
Box Office History (Week 1, 2026)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 2
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 3
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 4
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 5
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 6
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 7
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: January 8
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Best of Jan. 2025, Wide
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “We Bury the Dead”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Jan. 9-11, 2026
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