OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
The 45 Greatest Concert Movies of All Time
- Excerpt: In honor of Woodstock’s 45th anniversary, we rounded up the 45 best examples of the concert movie genre.
Interviews
Daniel Radcliffe Interview
- Excerpt: Interview with Daniel Radcliffe for his role in What If
Emily Browning Interview
- Excerpt: Interview with Emily Browning for her role in God Help the Girl
Fabrice du Welz on Calvaire, Vinyan and Alleluia
John McNaughton on ThE HARVEST
Luc Besson Interview
- Excerpt: Interview with Luc Besson for his latest feature film, Lucy
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – Eva Green
William Bibbiani @ CraveOnline
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – Robert Rodriguez & Frank Miller
William Bibbiani @ CraveOnline
Thomas Carter on “When the Game Stands Tall”
Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
Till Kleinert on THE SAMURAI
Festivals: Individual Reviews
FrightFest Keeps Horror Twitching
- Excerpt: preview of FrightFest 2014, focusing on outriders and anomalies
Tributes
The Underrated Acting Legacy of Robin Williams
- Excerpt: He was one of our most talented and versatile actors—a man whose gifts were, through much of his life, wildly underappreciated.
Awards Coverage
Canada, TIFF, and the Oscar Race: Can Anything Top ‘Mommy’?
- Excerpt: A look at some of the Canadian contenders for Best Foreign Language Film heading to TIFF 2014.
Television
The Divide
Rosemary’s Baby (2014)
- Excerpt: …you’d think Agnieszka Holland (The Secret Garden) secretly wishes she were directing a Lifetime movie about abusive husbands and a woman’s right to choose rather than a horror movie, because her Rosemary’s Baby has very little horror to it.
Essays
Destroy All Monsters: The Human Race Can’t Handle Its Imminent Demise, And Other Things I Learned From The Summer of 2014
La importancia de ser Linklater
José M. Robado @ CineCrítico [Spanish]
- Excerpt: El cine es filmar a la muerte trabajando. -Jean Cocteau
So This Is an Awkward Moment to Release a Movie Called ‘Let’s Be Cops,’ Eh?
- Excerpt: You can understand how it’s maybe not the best moment to ask moviegoers to embrace the lighthearted story of a pair of kicked-around losers who decide to don police uniforms, and find that their fake badges help them attain the power and respect that has thus far eluded them.
Who Should Play Misty Copeland on the Big Screen?
Reviews of Short Films
Bicho
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Dancers
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Lady Blue Shanghai
- Excerpt: French / US Short Film Review
Other Articles
Bo Svenson
Brendan Gleeson and John Michael McDonagh of “Calvary”
Courtesy of SLIFR: Professor Dewey Finn’s Ostentatiously Odd, Scholastically Scattershot Back-to-School (of Rock?) Movie Quiz
Tony Dayoub @ Cinema Viewfinder
Elan Mastai of “What If”
Gayle Forman of “If I Stay”
Judy Garland Celebration
Betty Jo Tucker @ Movie Addict Headquarters
- Excerpt: A podcast discussion with Lorna Luft, who talks about her famous mother’s remarkable show biz career.
The Morning After: Aug. 18, 2014
- Excerpt: Short reviews of “That Thing You Do!”, “Lone Star” and “The Purge: Anarchy”
Portuguese film on Yad Vashem Archive
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Sei Lá
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
