OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Interviews
The Final Girls
- Excerpt: Todd Strauss-Schulson (the guy who made the only good Harold and Kumar movie, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) teamed up with 80s child star Joshua John Miller (After Dark) to make the epic send-up horror comedy of epic send-up horror comedies called The Final Girls.
Not a Movie, but a Movement’: Davis Guggenheim Talks ‘He Named Me Malala’
- Excerpt: The director talks about his new documentary about activist Malala Yousafzai.
The POV Interview: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles on ‘Welcome to F.L.’
- Excerpt: Québécois filmmaker Geneviève Dulude-De Celles discusses her first feature ‘Welcome to F.L.’ at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Victoria
- Excerpt: Recently we spoke with co-writer and director Sebastian Schipper about the mayhem of shooting a movie in one take, the beautiful score, and the terrific lead, who we’re certain is going to be a star.
‘ Victoria’ Director Sebastian Schipper on How His One-Take Thriller is Nothing Like ‘Birdman’
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: I think if you want to get people excited you have to be excited yourself. I think a lot of people underestimate that.
Festivals: General Coverage
10 Must-See Movies at This Year’s New York Film Festival
- Excerpt: As the fine folks at the Film Society of Lincoln Center have been screening select titles from the fest over the past couple of weeks, we’ve seen a few worth putting in your path.
Festivals: Individual Reviews
2015 London Film Festival – Must-See Movies
- Excerpt: We look at the 15 films showing at the 2015 BFI London Film Festival we’re most excited about
Adama
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: In his debut feature film, French animator/director/screenwriter Simon Rouby has turned to France’s past to tell a fable of sorts with flourishes of magic realism abetted in this animated film by a combination of 3D laser-scanned characters and 2D scenery and decors.
As curtas nacionais no MOTELx 2015
Nuno Reis @ SciFiWorld Portugal [Portuguese]
Carol
- Excerpt: There’s a secondary character in ‘Carol’ who spends his time watching movies over and over, analyzing them, filling in the blanks and teasing out the subtext, and it’s not much of a stretch to guess that director Todd Haynes sees something of himself in that character. ‘Carol’ feels like the third part of a loose trilogy – preceded by ‘Far from Heaven’ and his HBO miniseries adaptation of ‘Mildred Pierce’ – of films set in the past, about women who are trapped by the confines of their time.
Clever
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Clever 5 In psychological terms, it seems that cars are symbolic of the male ego, and that certainly is the case in the mordantly funny Clever, a new comedy from the Uruguayan filmmaking team of Federico Borgia and Guillermo Madeiro.
Contenders in Toronto | TIFF
Kent Turner @ Film-Forward.com
Fantastic Fest 2015: Day Five
Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: February; Der Bunker; Schneider vs. Bax; Rabid Dogs
Fantastic Fest 2015: Day Four
Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: Man vs. Snake; What We Become; Evolution
Fantastic Fest 2015: Day One
Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: The Lobster; Belladonna of Sadness
Fantastic Fest 2015: Day Seven
Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: Lazer Team; Men and Chicken; In Search of the Ultra-Sex; Southbound; Baskin
Fantastic Fest 2015: Day Six
Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: Too Late; The Witch; Demon; German Angst; The Similars
Fantastic Fest 2015: Day Three
Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: April and the Extraordinary World; High Rise; The Mind’s Eye; Follow; Stand by for Tape Back-Up
Fantastic Fest 2015: Day Two
Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: The Glorious Works of G.F. Zwaen; Darling; Green Room
Fantastic Fest: Day Eight
Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: Bone Tomahawk; Love and Peace; The Devil’s Candy; Daniel’s World
How George Clooney’s Uncle Rewrote the Coen Brothers and More From ‘O Brother’s’ 15th Anniversary Event
- Excerpt: Tuesday night, the Coens were joined by cinematographer Roger Deakins and stars George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson to recall how they made, in the words of festival director Kent Jones, “the funniest movie ever based on The Odyssey.””
Why De Palma’s ‘Blow Out’ Tops Antonioni’s ‘Blow-Up’
- Excerpt: Blow-Up’ is a wildly influential movie with a couple of truly marvelous sequences, and a whole lot of dead air. It’s been vaunted to the status of classic, yes, but the films it inspired have proven far more durable, movies that still play as vibrant works of art rather than time-capsule curios.
Awards Coverage
All That Jazz
- Excerpt: Jazz is like having Bob Fosse’s boozy breath exhaled onto your face. It’s a startlingly manic experience that is fueled by ego and a lusty passion for the ugly side of life and art: the blood, the sweat, and the tears.
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
- Excerpt: Over 80 years since it began, the Universal Monster legacy continues to stretch into a new century, spreading its celluloid immortality like a juicy Transylvanian kiss. The Universal Monsters did it first, and in many ways, their blunt directness has a special charm that is sorely lacking in the self-seriousness currently masquerading in their bloodless, caped descendants.
Television
Indian Summers
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A glimpse of the last gasp of the British Raj in India with its nationalistic pride and its toxic racism.
The Leftovers – The Complete First Season
Kristen Lopez @ Cinema Sentries
Prophet’s Prey
Sarah D Bunting @ Previously.TV
Essays
All That Jazz
- Excerpt: Jazz is like having Bob Fosse’s boozy breath exhaled onto your face. It’s a startlingly manic experience that is fueled by ego and a lusty passion for the ugly side of life and art: the blood, the sweat, and the tears.
Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man
- Excerpt: Over 80 years since it began, the Universal Monster legacy continues to stretch into a new century, spreading its celluloid immortality like a juicy Transylvanian kiss. The Universal Monsters did it first, and in many ways, their blunt directness has a special charm that is sorely lacking in the self-seriousness currently masquerading in their bloodless, caped descendants.
Reviews of Short Films
Alda
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Animated Short Film Review
Almas Censuradas
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Documentary Short Film Review
Antigamente, Tudo Era Diferente!
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Animated Short Film Review
Brincar
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
My Last Ten Hours with You
Nôs Terra
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Animated Short Film Review
Outro Homem Qualquer
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Animated Short Film Review
The Prisoner
Ptolmus
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Animated Short Film Review
Três Semanas em Dezembro
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Animated Short Film Review
Other Articles
Felices 140
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
A Ghostly Tour of Hollywood with Laurie Jacobson
Betty Jo Tucker @ Movie Addict Headquarters
- Excerpt: This podcast features author Laurie Jacobson talking about Hollywood Haunted, her intriguing book that covers over 100 years of ghostly goings-on in filmland.
Um Filme Francês
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
