OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
Kartemquin at 60
Top Ten Films of 2025
Josh Thayer @ The Forgetful Film Critic
- Excerpt: Welcome to the Forgetful Film Critic’s list of the best cinema of 2025!
Essays
Daniel Boone
Paul Mavis @ Mavis Movie Madness!…but mostly TV
- Excerpt: Daniel Boone still plays quite well today, with its solid storytelling mix of agreeably idealized history (…which everyone involved in the making of series was well aware of, so save your snarky superior sneers, you supercilious sh*ts), sprightly action, a moral to send the kids off to bed on (back when kids had bedtimes), and smooth, assured performances, particularly from its star, Fess Parker.
Festival Coverage
Abdallah Alkhatib: “Eu acredito 100% que a Palestina será um dia livre”
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Falámos com o realizador de ‘Chronicles From the Siege’ e ficámos contagiados com a sua energia e resiliência. Acabamos de saber que vence o prémio Perspectives. Parabéns Abdallah! We need your cinema!
Berlinale: o charme pouco discreto da burguesia
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Como as propostas promissoras de Karïm Ainouz (Rosebush Pruning) e Kornél Mundruczó (At the Sea) se revelam, afinal de contas, meramente discretas.
Tawfic Sabouni, realizador de ‘The Other Side of the Sun’: “É necessário mostrar que as pessoas são seres humanos”
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Do outro lado do sol, ou The Other Side of the Sun, o filme de Tawfik Sabouni, apresentado na secção Panorama, deixou uma retribuiu a imagem que faltava ao trauma da prisão de Saidnaya, que dá o nome ao título do filme.
Turco Yellow Letters Vence Urso de Ouro Numa Berlinale Ativista
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: O cinema turco venceu os dois prémios mais importantes da Berlinale: o Urso de Ouro e o prémio Especial do Júri. Numa cerimónia que recuperou o ativismo político e que premiou ainda Sandra Hüller, pelo papel de identidade trocada em ‘Rose,’ e a dupla Anna Calder-Marshall e Tom Courtney na interpretação secundária, em, ‘Queen at Sea.’ Falou-se ainda em crianças com super-poderes que abatem jatos israelitas. E apelou-se: Palestina livre até ao fim do mundo!
Awards Coverage
Berlinale: num festival a-politizado foi de política que se falou
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Apesar da ausência de temáticas de contorno político sensível nos filmes em competição, acabou por ser mesmo de política que se mais falou durante toda a Berlinale. Foi o elefante na sala, digamos.
Path to Oscar 2025: Animated Feature
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Path to Oscar 2025: Animated Short Film
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Path to Oscar 2025: Costume Design
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Path to Oscar 2025: Directing
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Path to Oscar 2025: Makeup & Hairstyling
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Original Screenplay, 2004
Upcoming Film Previews
Dolly
The Gates
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, Updated
Minions & Monsters
The Napa Boys
Over Your Dead Body
Pillion, Updated
Scream 7, Updated
Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, Updated
War Machine
Youngblood
Reviews of Short Films
Trango
Glenn Charlie Dunks @ reDocumented
- Excerpt: Therefore, the thrill of this short film is the sheer scale of it—and perhaps counting how many North Face logos appear (there’s really nothing any worse here than Yves Saint Laurent getting Pedro Almodovar to make a movie full of YSL costumes so I say this predominantly as a joke).
We Were Here
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Ultimately, “We Were Here” embodies the mockumentary form in exemplary fashion, particularly in the way comedy can be deployed to articulate serious and timely concerns.
Other Types of Articles
Movie Madness Episode 632: All You Need Is A Little Kill And A Lot Of Skarsgard
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Disney & 20th Century Studios did not want them to see Psycho Killer this week, but Erik Childress & Steve Prokopy still have six films to talk about.
Movie Madness Episode 633: I’m Mad As Hell And I’m Going To T.A.G. You
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: This week in physical media features the 50th anniversary of a classic satire, Crichton’s pre-Jurassic Park, the best Tarzan, some Pryor, an ’80s cult classic and one of the best upgrades of 2026!
The Take-Up Podcast: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
Box Office History (Week 8, 2026)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: February 20
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: February 21
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: February 22
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: February 23
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: February 24
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: February 25
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: February 26
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “How to Make a Killing”
Poll: What Are You Most Anticipating? (Mar. 2026, Limited)
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Feb. 27-Mar. 1, 2026)
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