OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
Best Asian films of 2021
- Excerpt: A look back at the East Asian cinema releases of the last year.
Best films of 2021
- Excerpt: As we contemplate the future of film distribution we also take the time to look back on the year that was.
5 Favorites #112: Films of 2021 (So Far)
Top 10 Movies of 2021: Mainstream Edition
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
Top 10 Weird Movies of 2021
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
Interviews
‘ Spider-Man: No Way Home’: All the Spidey Suits and Villain Costume Upgrades Explained
- Excerpt: Costume designer Sanja Milkovic Hays has dealt with superheroes before, having worked on “Captain Marvel.” When designing for the newest MCU entry, she said the team “looked at everything from the previous Jon Watts movies.”
I Still to This Day Find It Dazzling: Garth Jennings on the Unlimited Imagination of Animation in Sing 2
- Excerpt: Jennings talked about why Bono wanted to play Calloway, the one word of a hit song that was the most expensive joke in the film, what he looked for in the songs featured in the film, and which song was his favorite.
Interview with Darezhan Omirbayev
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: On the occasion of the release of his latest movie, “Poet”, we speak with Darezhan Omirbayev about the inspiration behind the film and Makhambet Utemisov, poetry and art, the Kazakh language, humor, cinema, and many other topics.
Awards Coverage
94th Oscar Preview: Precursor Winners & Losers, Week 4
The Friday Face-Off, Winners Bracket, Round 4 #1
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Dec. 25-26, 2021
Poll: Remaking Best Animated Feature, 2002
Video Essays, Video Reviews, Vlogs & More
Smithsonian History Film Forum: It’s a Wonderful Life
- Excerpt: Smithsonian Institution panel discussion on “It’s a Wonderful Life”
Reviews of Short Films
Red Wine and Rain
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Red Wine and Rain” has its merits, particularly regarding its atmosphere, but Morgan should definitely improve in the writing and the way the story is implemented within the narrative, since her effort is not far from being soapy.
Other Types of Articles
Anime Review: My Hero Academia Season 5
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Season 5 of “My Hero Academia” continues on the same path of the previous ones, but the fact is that the quality is much lower than the first two seasons, even more so since this particular one functions more as a preparationatory for the 6th one, where the big clash is about to happen. The fact that the comments about the press and the concept of the hero in the modern day are nowhere to be found also hurts the series, which unfortunately, at the moment, seems to address children and those who are stuck with the title due to the previous seasons.
Odd Taxi
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Odd Taxi” is one of the funniest and most intelligent titles we have seen recently, and definitely one of the best anime of 2021.
