OFCS members don’t just write film reviews. Here are several articles you might find interesting.
Best of Lists
August Blu-rays
Tony Dayoub @ Cinema Viewfinder
Interviews
Brian De Palma
Closed Circuit
Piers Marchant @ Blood Dirt & Angels
Drinking Buddies Director Joe Swanberg on Beer, Indie Movies and Olivia Wilde
Stephen Silver @ EntertainmentTell
Eric Bana on “Closed Circuit”
Jerusha Hess and J.J. Feild of “Austenland”
Lake Bell on “In A World…”
Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
Morgan Spurlock on “One Direction: This Is Us”
Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost on ‘The World’s End,’ Spoilers, and How They’re Like the Avengers
Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost on “The World’s End”
Frank Swietek @ One Guys Opinion
The World’s End Composer Steven Price
Festivals
Film4 FrightFest 2013 Post-Mortem
Films to See at FrightFest 2013
Anton Bitel @ LittleWhiteLies.co.uk
Locarno 2013 Report & Top Ten
Michael Pattison @ Jigsaw Lounge
- Excerpt: Including capsules on the latest films by Joanna Hogg and Albert Serra.
Ticket to Toronto
piers marchant @ Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Oscar Coverage
Oscar Preview: Weekend of Aug. 23-25, 2013
- Excerpt: Looking at the Oscar chances for “The Grandmaster”
Other Articles
Acclaimed Director John Badham
Betty Jo Tucker @ Movie Addict Headquarters
- Excerpt: Filmmaker John Badham talks about his new book on directing.
Actress Anna Gunn, Who Plays Skyler White on ‘Breaking Bad’, Is Not Here For You Haters
Alabote
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Asas
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Breu
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Cinema in Noir: Ben Affleck As Batman, Hollywood’s Civil Rights Depiction, And The Damnation of Layered Female Characters
Dallas Buyers Club
Destroy All Monsters: Hollywood and Ben Affleck Don’t Owe You a Damn Thing
Divergent
Early Fassbinder Hits Criterion: A Look at ‘Love Is Colder Than Death,’ ‘Beware of a Holy Whore’ & More
Fogo & Prata
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
How Much Money Are Time-Warner and CBS Actually Fighting About?
- Excerpt: They’re asking for another dollar per month from Time-Warner Cable, a company that already excessively gouges the few remaining customers that aren’t fleeing to Aereo service and Roku boxes. That dollar is what’s making the company fold its arms and refuse to budge, all the while trying to play the role of the concerned consumer advocate.
The Morning After: August 26, 2013
- Excerpt: Quick Review of “Miracle on 34th Street (1947)”
Não Desistas de Mim
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
New releases Aug. 27
O Segredo Segundo António Botto
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Popdose Roundtable: Ben Affleck as Batman?
Porque Tu Respiras
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Som do Silêncio
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
The Tragic Decline of the Concert Documentary
Mike McGranaghan @ Film Racket
Tsintty
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Upstairs, Downstairs and Brief Encounters On an Escalator
- Excerpt: On private and public space in new films by Joanna Hogg and Claire Simon.
Utopia
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Velho é o Bidé
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portuguese Short Film Review
Why Do Foreign Films Have to Be Dumbed Down for American Audiences?
- Excerpt: The film is full of gratuitous graffiti mucking up Wong’s beautiful images, filling in nonexistent blanks, under the assumption that its audience is either epically stupid or cursed with a killer case of short-term memory loss.