OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
Adaptation is About Subtraction: James Vanderbilt on “Nuremberg”
- Excerpt: I worked with David Fincher years ago, who’s a brilliant filmmaker, and somebody who I just really admired, and he said something to me that always stuck with me: “Good films make you ask questions, but bad movies give you all the answers.”
A Conversation With Kleber Mendonça Filho (THE SECRET AGENT)
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: Winner of the Best Director and Best Actor awards at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, The Secret Agent, from Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau), takes place in 1977 during Brazil’s military dictatorship. It was a time of violence and corruption, and also an era during which Mendonça Filho was a child, and his memories inform the narrative.
Festival Coverage
5 Films to See at the 2025 Maryland Film Festival
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: Though traditionally held in the spring, the 2025 Maryland Film Festival (MdFF) takes place in the fall, running November 5-9 (in 2026, it returns to the spring, with dates in April). Its home is Baltimore’s restored Parkway Theater.
Awards Coverage
Contenders 25: November Update
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Makeup, 2008
Upcoming Film Previews
All That We Love
Bunny
Crime 101
Dead Man’s Wire
Eye for an Eye
Fackham Hall
Frontier Crucible
Ice Road: Vengeance
Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness
The Pout-Pout Fish
Young Washington
Zootopia 2, Updated
Reviews of Short Films
The Fox Deserved It
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “The Fox Deserved It” is in fact a piece of animation of genuine quality, which remains intriguing to watch even after all these years, particularly for research purposes.
Other Types of Articles
Movie Madness Episode 607: I’ve Glimpsed Our Future…Go Back
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Halloween weekend brings little horror apart from an authoritarian takeover of our country. Colin Farrell gambles, Tessa Thompson messes with people and one of the greatest films ever is back.
Movie Madness Episode 608: Baby, This Ain’t No Flare Gun
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Physical Media this week upgrades John Woo, Peter Hyams and Tim Burton, plus an Oscar winner, the film that killed Dillinger and thoughts on The Breakfast Club.
The Take-Up Podcast: Misericordia
Box Office History (Week 44, 2025)
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 1
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 2
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 3
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 4
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 5
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: November 6
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Oscar History: October 31
Wesley Lovell @ Awards Landscape
Poll: Best of Nov. 2024, Wide
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “Bugonia”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Nov. 7-9, 2025)
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