OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Tributes
I Remember Roger
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Roger Ebert was my hometown critic. In my opinion, Roger Ebert’s greatest gift to the world was to educate people about film, to help them develop visual literacy that, as it turns out, is more important than ever to the global, electronically connected world in which we live.
Roger Ebert: 1942-2013
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
Roger Ebert: An Appreciation
Benjamin Kramer @ The Voracious Filmgoer
- Excerpt: In his inimitable writing, Roger Ebert taught me that to love the movies is to love everything: art and literature, religion and philosophy, politics, history, music, human nature, the art of a good joke, the warmth of a comfortable anecdote or a trusted quote, and the joy of wearing your insight and expertise lightly.
Interviews
Antonio Campos & Brady Corbet on Making a Monster in “Simon Killer”
Stephen Saito @ The Moveable Fest
- Excerpt: The friends and artistic collaborators spoke about the “constant jigsaw puzzle” of making this tense character study of a young angry American man looking for trouble in Paris.
Brandon Cronenberg on Giving Horror a Transfusion With “Antiviral”
Stephen Saito @ The Moveable Fest
- Excerpt: The first-time writer/director talks about how getting deathly sick led to his debut, an assured, darkly humorous horror film about a celebrity-driven culture desperate enough for fans to share illnesses with their idols.
Henry-Alex Rubin of “Disconnect”
Janet Tobias of “No Place on Earth”
Janet Tobias on Burrowing Deep Into the Holocaust Survival Documentary “No Place on Earth”
Stephen Saito @ The Moveable Fest
- Excerpt: The longtime journalist and first-time feature filmmaker talks about a story of survival during World War II too good to pass up.
Julia Loktev (The Loneliest Planet)
Mike Birbiglia (Sleepwalk With Me)
Festivals
NYC Happenings: The Middle Ages Come To Anthology Film Archives!
- Excerpt: The Middle Ages, long colonized by posh Hollywood productions that maximize spectacle and romance, are overdue for the kind of re-examination that this ingeniously programmed series provides…
TIFF Spotlight Japan Review: The Warped Ones (1960)
Matthew Blevins @ Nextprojection.com
The Wagoner’s Lad
Donald Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Oscar Coverage
The 18 Worst Oscar Moments Part I
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Somehow, the inappropriateness of boozing it up and dancing after recognizing the deaths of thousands of men, women, and children escaped James Cameron.
The 18 Worst Oscar Moments Part II
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Cafe Texan
- Excerpt: Laura Linney, narrator of Mary Pickford and one of my favorite actresses, summed it up best when describing Pickford’s Honorary Oscar presentation: “Her appearance horrified viewers.”
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Apr. 5-7, 2013
- Excerpt: Looking at the Oscar chances for “Trance.”
Other Articles
10 Trailers That Were Better Than the Movie
- Excerpt: Trailer cutting is kind of an art form unto itself, which is why we so often see trailers that get us all in a tizzy, only to wander out of the movie they’re selling in a befuddled and disappointed stupor.
2 Hours
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: USA Short Film Review
A Cidade e o Sol
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
A Dama do Estácio
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Academy Award Nominee Fernanda Montenegro new short film.
A Linha
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Abelardo
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Brazilian Short-Film Review
Actress Erika Alexander Explains Why She Wrote a “Mad Men” Episode With Black Characters
Bróder
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Chaz Ebert Issues a Statement on the Death of Her “Beloved Husband,” Roger Ebert
“District 9” Director Neill Blomkamp Releases First Trailer for His Upcoming Sci-Fi Film, “Elysium,” Starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster
Encontro com o Criador
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Eu, Martim
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Filme para Poeta Cego
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Brazilian Short-Film Review
How Not to Get Fired From ‘The Tonight Show’: A Guide for Jimmy Fallon
- Excerpt: Fallon’s gonna have to be very careful that Leno doesn’t end up repeating what he did to Conan and showing up behind the desk again nine months later. With that in mind, we’ve got a few suggestions that Jimmy might want to consider if he wants to keep ‘Tonight.’
http://flavorwire.com/383198/your-favorite-actors-favorite-actors
- Excerpt: There’s something kind of wonderful about actors and actresses who genuinely love each other’s work, and who can articulate what makes it great (and not in an awkward, self-congratulatory, awards-show kind of way). So we went on the hunt for the favorite actors of some of our favorite actors, to find out who they love, who inspires them, and why.
Hyde Park on Hudson, Guacamelee and more
Phil Villarreal @ COEDMagazine.com
“Jurassic Park”: How a 2D Movie Becomes a 3D Movie
- Excerpt: Since this is a new process, one that’s not yet been painstakingly demystified by DVD extras and behind-the-scenes reports, it seems, frankly, to be some sort of witchcraft; how do they take a movie that was finished two decades ago and transform it into a 3D experience? Luckily, we were able to get William Sherak to break it down for us.
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Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Brazilian Short-Film Review
The Last Exorcism: Sneaky Horror and Religious Critique in Beyond the Hills
- Excerpt: Beyond the Hills is a virtuosic cinematic parlor trick, designed to provoke the viewer into a stark confrontation with the most monstrous aspects of a conservative, demon-haunted religiosity.
No Concessions: The Lineup
- Excerpt: Reviews of Spring Breakers, Upstream Color, and more.
A Personal Remembrance of Roger Ebert, A Critic Who Took Movies Personally
- Excerpt: He wasn’t a New York critic, bitchy and mean like Rex Reed or John Simon, and he wasn’t an LA critic, cozy and eager to please. He and Gene Siskel were Midwesterners; Roger wrote for the working-class Sun-Times, and when he appeared on your television, chubby, bespectacled, and sweater-vested, he was like your smart uncle who was always recommending something great you’d never heard of.
Sexo, Amor e SIDA
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Short Film Review