OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
My Amityville Horror
- Excerpt: Daniel Lutz’s haunted house testimonial still has plenty of creep factor, even after nearly four decades. What makes “My Amityville Horror” really fascinating, however, is its attempts to sort out why Lutz believes what he believes and the circumstances that might have turned an out-of-control fantasy into his ongoing reality.
The 10 Best Movies About Lovers on the Run
10 Famous Films That Were Abandoned by Their Directors
10 Politicians and Their Fictional Pop Culture Doppelgängers
Hilarious Notes on Modern Classics From Clueless Studio Executives
Interviews
Dylan McDermott on ‘Olympus Has Fallen’, golf with Morgan Freeman
Interview with Sally Potter, director of the film, ‘Ginger & Rosa’
Michael Biehn (The Victim)
Tom Bancroft of “Mulan” and “Mulan 2”
- Excerpt: The irony is that the one I watched that made me say, “I want to become an animator” was not very good. It was “The Black Cauldron.” It’s the movie that Disney doesn’t confess that they made.
Festivals
KUF (for New Directors/New Films fest)
R. Kurt Osenlund @ Slant Magazine
Leiria Film Festival 2013: os vencedores
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Leiria Film Festival had it’s first cerimony this year awarding short films.
Monstra – Festival de Animação de Lisboa 2013: os vencedores
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: MONSTRA is an Animation Film Festival in Lisbon
Oscar Coverage
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Mar. 15-17, 2013
- Excerpt: Looking at the Oscar chances for Ginger & Rosa
Seth MacFarlane’s We Saw Your Boobs Number
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: For myself, the lowest blow came at Scarlett Johansson’s expense. Of all the things regarding We Saw Your Boobs, that to me was the most despicable. There is nothing MacFarlane can say to justify including Johansson in his ‘dishonor’ list.
Other Articles
5 Reasons Why We Don’t Need A “Good Times” Movie
Cinemarch Madness: Poll Overview
Sarah D Bunting @ Tomato Nation
- Excerpt: The bleakest films of all time — vote today
Exclusive Supercut: Gary Oldman Loses His Shit
- Excerpt: While there’s much to celebrate about the actor — his tremendous range, his chameleonic physical versatility, the ease with which he juggles small and large films, the flawlessness of his American accent — we have to say that our favorite thing about him is the skill and intensity with which he goes insane onscreen.
Girlfriend in a Coma
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Shocking documentary about Italian Social and Economical Crisis.
Great Movie Tunes
Betty Jo Tucker @ Movie Addict Headquarters
- Excerpt: A podcast celebrating songs from various films.
Laura: Noir of Identity and Illusion
Matthew Sorrento @ Senses of Cinema
- Excerpt: Preminger deals in facades, with how perception cheats us, right down to the ideal image of Laura as a portrait.
La mujer de nuestros días. Y nuestras noches
Samuel Castro @ Ochoymedio.info [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Un admirado perfil sobre Kate Winslet: la mejor actriz de su generación
New releases: Gears of War, This is 40
Phil Villarreal @ COEDMagazine.com
Romanzo di una Strage
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Opening film at the Lisbon Italian Film Festival
La Rosa Congelada
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Spanish Short Film Review