OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
The Best Horror Movies.
Luiz Santiago @ Plano Crítico [Portuguese]
The Best Movie Trilogies
Luiz Santiago @ Plano Crítico [Portuguese]
The Best Vampire Movies.
Luiz Santiago @ Plano Crítico [Portuguese]
The Best Westerns of Cinema
Luiz Santiago @ Plano Crítico [Portuguese]
Top 50 LGBT-themed Movies
Luiz Santiago @ Plano Crítico [Portuguese]
Interviews
American Koko star Diarra Kilpatrick dishes on working with Viola Davis
Candice Frederick @ AM New York
Hannah Levien, the Star of Siren
- Excerpt: We catch up with young Australian actress Hanna Levien to talk about the upcoming season of Siren!
Matthew McConaughey Talks Getting Into Character For ‘White Boy Rick’
Christian Long @ The Hollywood Reporter
- Excerpt: It was human, it was tragic, it was funny, but it was authentic, explained McConaughey, describing the based-on-a-true-story film as something that needed to be told, “even if it were fiction.”
Oscar Nominee Luis Sequeira, the Costume Designer of the Upcoming It 2 and the Award Winning Film The Shape of Water
- Excerpt: Today we had a chat with Luis Sequeira, the award winning Costume Designer of Shape of Water!
Essays
How The Purge intricately explores black female rage
A Return to Salem’s Lot: Larry Cohen Hates Nazis Like a Real American!
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: A Return to Salem’s Lot uses the vampire movie as a way to explore the infestation of the USA by decidedly un-American entities. In a day and age when neo-Nazis/white nationalists are less and less uncommon in the public eye, Cohen’s sequel is eerily prescient.
Video Essays, Video Reviews, Vlogs & More
The Crossroads of Reality and Melodrama in ‘Rocco and His Brothers’
Michael Barrett @ PopMatters.com
Impulse’ Stylishly Avoids Restraint
Michael Barrett @ PopMatters.com
War, Racism, and Other Social Spasms in the Newly-Restored ‘Strange Victory’
Michael Barrett @ PopMatters.com
When Filming Itself Becomes More Important than the Film: Olivier Assayas’ ‘Cold Water’ (L’eau froide)
Michael Barrett @ PopMatters.com
Reviews of Short Films
All The Memory Of The World review
Amber Wilkinson @ Eye For Film
- Excerpt: The smooth roving camera work – occasionally broken with quick cuts – gives the film a dramatic edge, amped up by the Maurice Jarre’s stirring and playful lorchestral score.
Sewing Borders
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
The Styrene’s Song review
Amber Wilkinson @ Eye For Film
- Excerpt: A philosophical note lends the film an additional air of mystery that, like the plastics, can be moulded in a variety of ways, depending on your viewpoint.
Other Types of Articles
Blu-ray Review: An All-Time Great Party Scene Graces Criterion’s COLD WATER Blu-ray
- Excerpt: Olivier Assayas’ intimate epic of rock n’ roll and teen ennui features beguiling leads and a great soundtrack.
Brothers’ Nest
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Favorite Film Songs Medley On Demand
Betty Jo Tucker @ Movie Addict Headquarters
- Excerpt: Movie Addict Headquarters spotlights favorite film songs and singers during a special On Demand encore episode.
