OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
50 Essential J-Horror Movies That Define Japanese Horror
- Excerpt: 50 Japanese horror movies tracing J-horror from early classics to modern reinventions of the genre.
Interviews
Hoj Jomehri Interview
- Excerpt: Hoj Jomehri discusses turning Iran’s ban on the mullet into a humorous story about identity, control and freedom of self-expression
Interview with Chan Chun-hao: Dead End Turns a Real Death-Betting Scandal Into a Taiwanese Nightmare
- Excerpt: Chan Chun-hao discusses the real death-betting case behind “Dead End”, its disgraced baseball protagonist and the film’s nightmarish Taiwanese setting
Nigel Santos and Keavy Eunice Vicente Talk “Open Endings”, Queer Friendships and a Planned Series
- Excerpt: Nigel Santos and Keavy Eunice Vicente discuss “Open Endings”, queer relationships, Filipino cinema and plans for a sequel series
Ryan Machado and Reynald Raissel Santos Interview
Festival Coverage
Michaël R. Roskam encerra competição de San Sebastián com Le Faux Soir
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Realizador belga reconstrói episódio insólito da Resistência durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. ‘Le Faux Soir’ tem estreia europeia no festival, a 26 de setembro, depois da cerimónia de entrega dos prémios.
MOTELX: “Lost in Europe” revela o terror atrás da Cortina de Ferro
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Na estreia da nova secção programada em parceria com a Cinemateca Portuguesa, o MOTELX propõe uma viagem por cinematografias da Europa de Leste onde o fantástico, o macabro e o sobrenatural encontraram contornam a censura para transformar a realidade política.
MOTELX: 20 anos de culto do horror e “porrada de criar bicho”
Paulo Portugal @ [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Duas décadas depois da primeira edição, o MOTELX mantém intacta a vocação de se transformar na capital portuguesa do cinema de terror. Teremos grandes estreias, clássicos, descobertas e uma atenção particular ao cinema português. Conta ainda com homenagem a Solveig Nordlund e a Roger Corman.
Awards Coverage
Contenders 26: September Update
Poll: Re-Awarding Best Costume Design, 2012
Upcoming Film Previews
Being Heumann
Double Trouble
The Fix
Fjord
La Bola Negra
Street Fighter, Updated
A Talent for Murder
Tiny Fugitives
Unabomber
Tributes
Bae Doona: The Art of Playing Outsiders, Guardians and Unconventional Women
- Excerpt: Bae Doona’s career has taken her from eccentric outsiders to quiet guardians, creating unforgettable roles across Korean and international cinema.
Sho Miyake: A Cinema of Change, Friendship and Everyday Life
Other Types of Articles
Ace Crawford, Private Eye: Murder at Restful Hills
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Murder at Restful Hills, our first Ace Crawford episode, shows that this detective spoof had a sliver of potential but not much else.
Build My Gallows High (Movie Madness Episode 684)
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: Just because Erik Childress is headed to the Toronto Film Festival doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have you covered in the physical media department while he’s gone.
Clara Vieira mostra em San Sebastian “Onde Nascem os Pirilampos”
Paulo Portugal @ cinema7arte [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Depois de Cannes, e do IndieLisboa, Clara Vieira irá mostrar em San Sebastián “Onde Nascem os Pirilampos”, a sua primeira curta-metragem, produzida na Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema (ESTC) – integra a selecção do Nest, a plataforma do festival dedicada aos estudantes de escolas de cinema
A Nose By Any Other Name Or Means (Movie Madness Episode 683)
Erik Childress @ Movie Madness
- Excerpt: A week before Erik Childress and Steve Prokopy take some festival trips, they have nine reviews for you over Labor Day weekend.
The Take-Up Podcast: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ted Lasso Season 4 Episode 6
Sebastian Zavala @ NoEsEnSerie.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It focuses less on the football and more on its characters, and as a result, it ends up being one of the most emotional episodes the show has delivered this year.
Box Office History (Week 36, 2026)
Oscar History: September 10
Oscar History: September 4
Oscar History: September 5
Oscar History: September 6
Oscar History: September 7
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Oscar History: September 9
Poll: Best of Sep. 2025, Wide
Poll: Now That You’ve Seen “By Any Means”
Poll: What Are You Watching? (Sep. 11-13, 2026)
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