OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
5 Favorites Redux #50: Favorite Horror Films, Part 2
Interviews
Aaron Sorkin on “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
- Excerpt: “In my head, the film organized itself into three stories that would be told at once: the courtroom drama, the evolution of what was supposed to be a peaceful protest into a riot, a violent clash with the police and the National Guard, and the third story, one that wasn’t in any of the books or the trial transcript, and that I would only be able to get from Tom, was the relationship between Tom and Abbie , two guys on the same side who can’t stand each other, who each think the other is doing harm to the movement, but in the end they come to respect each other..”
Radha Blank’s Lockdown Breakout Film Doubles as Her Own Origin Tale
Candice Frederick @ Harper’s Bazaar
The Studio Wanted Cameron Diaz’: Salma Hayek On The Role That Changed Her Life
Festivals: Individual Reviews
[Nightstream] Short Films: Coil / The Nurturing
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Two short films from Nightstream: one about the dread of anxiety, the other about returning to childhood figuratively and literally.
[Nightstream] Short Films: Gutterwitch / Weirdo / Landgraves
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Three films from Nightstream: one about modern witchcraft, one about bullying, and another about the potential danger of macabre art.
[Nightstream] Short Films: Thorns / Jeff Drives You / At the Edge of Night / Susie
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Three films from Nightstream, each about important LGBTQ2IA issues.
Dinner in America
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Dinner in America takes a look at imperfect people rejected by a capitalist U.S. society that values only those who fit a perfect mould.
Jazzberry
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: There are very few films like Jazzberry. It has all the absurd satirical spirit of something like Brazil crossed with the artistry and surreal strangeness of Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle.
NewFest 2020 Report 1
Awards Coverage
The Friday Face-Off, Losers Bracket Round One #10
Poll: Remaking Best Costume Design, 2016
Reviews of Short Films
2º Dto.
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Mirrors | srorriM
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
The Party
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
The The Door at the Edge of Reality
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
