OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
The 10 Best Anime Series of 2021
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
The 10 Best Classic Films on Blu-ray in 2021
- Excerpt: So many classic films get resurrected, restored, and spruced up on Blu-ray each year that poor diligent film-history buffs such as your humble servant can only scratch the tip of the bucket’s iceberg in the wind.
10 Notable Documentaries of 2021
Sarah E Boslaugh @ The Arts STL
- Excerpt: If there’s a theme for documentary film in 2021, it’s variety—those who prefer old-school docs featuring talking heads and archival footage will find plenty to enjoy, but those who prefer a bit more experimentation and blurring of boundaries will also find much of interest.
5 Favorites #115: Pierce Brosnan
Film Awards That Aren’t Given But Should Be
Sarah E Boslaugh @ The Arts STL
- Excerpt: Best martial arts sequence set on public transportation: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which uses the narrow aisle of a San Francisco city bus to, for once, give the villains a reason to attack our hero one at a time instead of coordinating their efforts.
Essays
Scream
Awards Coverage
94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 7
The Friday Face-Off, Winners Bracket, Round 4 #4
Poll: Remaking Best Animated Feature, 2005
Upcoming Film Previews
Preview: Jackass Forever
Preview: Scream, Updated
Preview: Strawberry Mansion
Preview: Studio 666, Updated
Preview: The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
Preview: The Laureate
Preview: The Tragedy of Macbeth, Updated
Preview: Warhunt
Reviews of Short Films
The Florist
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “The Florist” does not work particularly well cinematically. However, it is a very interesting film, which communicates its comments and overall context quite artfully, through a rather intriguing approach.
Jacks
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Jacks” is an excellent short that makes the most of its brief duration and meager budget, and a testament to Fleming’s directorial abilities. It would be interesting to see him directing a feature ‘cop comedy’.
Other Types of Articles
Let’s Talk Spoilers – ‘The Matrix Resurrections’
- Excerpt: The newest Let’s Talk Spoilers is now live! Today we talk about the worst Matrix film in 20 years, The Matrix Resurrections..
Alfred Hitchcock plays with trains in “Number Seventeen”
Anime Review: Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song” is another excellent title by Wit Studio, which also highlights its diversity outside the sword and magic premises of “Attack on Titan” and “Vinland Saga” and the historical/shonen of “Golden Kamuy” and definitely one of the best of 2021.
Anime Review: World Trigger Season 2
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “World Trigger Season 2” in terms of genuine shonen titles, is right there at the very top, with its creators essentially doing what “My Hero Academia” should be doing. The title does not win any laurels in terms of originality, but every aspect of it is quite well done, which deems it one of the best titles of the year.
