Outside the Mainstream Update

Some "outside the mainstream" films our members are reviewing this week:

Mark H. Harris reviews Doghouse at About.com

Donald J. Levit reviews Kokuhaku (Confessions) at ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Dan Lybarger reviews Ondine and Restrepo at eFilmCritic

Betty Jo Tucker reviews Only When I Dance at ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Festivals Update

Some film festivals our members are discussing this week:

Dan Lybarger covers Kansas City Gay & Lesbian Film + Video Festival at KCactive

Reporting from the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Amber Wilkinson reviews Boy, brilliantlove, Caterpillar, Family Tree, The Hunter, Crab Trap, Jackboots On Whitehall, Monsters, Red Hill, Two Eyes Staring, and Undertow at Eye For Film

Classics Update

Some classic films our members are reviewing this week:

A.J. Hakari reviews The Professional: Golgo 13 at Passport Cinema

Phil Hall reviews Go Ask Alice at Film Threat and The Lucky Penny at FilmSnobbery.com

Roderick Heath reviews Aragami and Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory at This Island Rod

James Kendrick review Mystery Train, Night Train to Munich, and Red Desert (Il deserto rosso) at The QNetwork

Brian Orndorf reviews Back to the Future Part III and Fire Birds at BrianOrndorf.com

Dennis Schwartz reviews Babes in Toyland, Castaway, and News from Home at Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Cole Smithey reviews Secretary and Touch of Evil at ColeSmithey.com

International Update

Some films our members outside the U.S. are reviewing this week:

Rich Cline reviews Ajami, Hierro, Wild Grass, and Wild Target at Shadows on the Wall

Kevin Laforest reviews Les amours imaginaires (Heartbeats) at Montreal Film Journal

Grab Bag Update

Some other items of interest from our members this week:

Wesley Lovell takes a look at three Stephen Sondheim adaptations at Cinema Sight

Nell Minow interviews John C. Reilly about Cyrus at Beliefnet

Cole Smithey discusses the intense reaction to his negative Toy Story 3 review at ColeSmithey.com

TV Update

Some TV shows our members are reviewing this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews Hung: Season One and Riverworld at seanax.com

Classics Update

Some classic films our members are reviewing this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews Close-Up at Parallax View and Bluebeard, Le Combat dans l'ile, Death Race 2000, and The Maid, Red Desert at seanax.com

Sarah Boslaugh reviews Word Is Out at PLAYBACK:stl

A.J. Hakari reviews Zachariah at Classic Movie Guide and The Castle of Cagliostro at Passport Cinema

Phil Hall reviews A Little Night Music at FilmSnobbery.com and Black Tights at Film Threat

Christopher Long reviews the By Brakhage collection, Close-Up, Collapse, Night Train to Munich, Red Desert at DVDTown

John J. Puccio reviews A Star Is Born at DVDTown

Dennis Schwartz reviews Louisiana Story, Max Dugan Returns, and My Crazy Life at Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Cole Smithey reviews Full Metal Jacket at ColeSmithey.com

Outside the Mainstream Update

Some "outside the mainstream" films our members are reviewing this week:

Marilyn Ferdinand reviews Murder on a Sunday Morning and A Home at the End of the World at Ferdy on Films

Mark H. Harris reviews Doghouse at About.com

Donald Levit reviews The Blood of Rebirth at ReelTalk Reviews

International Update

Some films our members outside the U.S. are discussing this week:

Anton Bitel reviews H2Oil, Hierro, and Wild Grass for Film4.com

Enrique Buchicho reviews Le code a changé, Date Night, The Lovely Bones, Un prophète, and Robin Hood at Cartelera.com.uy

Rich Cline reviews Black Death and Women Without Men at Shadows on the Wall

Pablo Villaça reviews The A-Team, Kick-Ass, and Toy Story 3 at Cinema em Cena

TV Update

Some TV shows our members are discussing this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews and the TV shows HawthoRNe, Johnny Bravo, and The New Adventures of Robin Hood at seanax.com

David Cornelius reviews Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor at Popcornworld

MaryAnn Johanson reviews Doctor Who: The Lodger at FlickFilosopher.com

Grab Bag Update

Some further topics and random thoughts our members are discussing this week:

Responding to Bret Easton Ellis's recent comments regarding female directors, FlickFilosopher.com's MaryAnn Johanson studies the "male gaze" and its counterpart, "the female gaze" - and their role in modern film.

Festivals Update

Some film festivals our members are discussing this week:

From the Seattle International Film Festival, Sean Axmaker reviews from the final weekend and reports on the SIFF wrap for Parallax View

From the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Amber Wilkinson reviews Echo, The Edge Of Dreaming, and HIGH School and interviews festival director Hannah McGill at Eye For Film

Outside the Mainstream Update

Some "outside the mainstream" films our members are discussing this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews Unthinkable at seanax.com

David Cornelius reviews Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated at Popcornworld

Marilyn Ferdinand interviews sponsored-film collector Rick Prelinger at Ferdy on Films

Mark H. Harris reviews Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead at About.com

Dan Jardine reviews Plastic Bag at The House Next Door

Dan Lybarger reviews Ajami at kcactive

Kent Turner reviews Open Roads: New Italian Cinema at Film-Forward.com

RIP Former OFCS Member Peter Brunette

IndieWIRE has reported that film critic and former OFCS member Peter Brunette died today in Italy while attending the Taormina Film Festival. The OFCS sends its condolences to his loved ones.

Classics Update

Some classic films our members are discussing this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews Divided Heaven and Mystery Train at seanax.com

Glenn Erickson reviews All Fall Down, In the Mood, A Star Is Born, and Word Is Out at DVD Savant

Marilyn Ferdinand reviews She's Gotta Have It at Ferdy on Films

Phil Hall reviews The Alamo at FilmSnobbery.com and China: The Roots of Evil at Film Threat

Roderick Heath reviews Barbarella and The Crusades at This Island Rod and The Trojan Women at Ferdy on Films

Rob Humanick reviews the films of Pierre Clémenti at The House Next Door

John Puccio reviews Caddyshack at DVDTOWN

Dennis Schwartz reviews Summer Interlude, Summertime, and The Tenant at Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Cole Smithey reviews Aguirre, the Wrath of God at ColeSmithey.com

Matthew Sorrento reviews Metropolis at Bright Lights Film Journal

TV Update

Some TV shows our members are discussing this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews Tales of the Gold Monkey: The Complete Series at seanax.com

Mike McGranaghan reviews Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seventh Season at The Aisle Seat

James Plath reviews Best of Europe: Beautiful Greece, Leave It to Beaver: The Complete Series, and Tales of the Gold Monkey: The Complete Series at DVD Town

International Update

Some films our members outside the U.S. are discussing this week:

Anton Bitel reviews Kicks for Film4

Rich Cline reviews 4.3.2.1, The Girl on the Train, Kicks, The Killer Inside Me, and Videocracy at Shadows on the Wall

Pablo Villaça reviews The Ghost Writer, I Love You, Phillip Morris, Prince of Persia, and Robin Hood at Cinema em Cena

Festivals Update

Some film festivals our members are discussing this week:

Sean Axmaker covers the Seattle International Film Festival and offers a guide to SIFF coverage (updated weekly) at Parallax View

Sarah Boslaugh covers the Seattle International Film Festival (links to previous coverage below article)

Bill Chambers covers the Worldwide Short Film Festival

Outside the Mainstream Update

Some "outside the mainstream" films our members are discussing this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews Shinjuku Incident at seanax.com

Michael Dequina reviews Legacy at TheMovieReport.com

Dan Lybarger interviews Best Worst Movie director Michael Paul Stephenson at Open Salon

Ferdy on Films Helps Fund Film Preservation

Among the 75 silent films recently uncovered in the New Zealand Film Archive vault are two movies whose restorations are being funded with the support of Ferdy on Films, the blog of OFCS members Marilyn Ferdinand and Roderick Heath.

Earlier this year, Ferdy on Films ran For the Love of Film, a blogathon fundraiser for the National Film Preservation Foundation. Their efforts were successful enough to help fund the restoration of the 1910 one-reeler The Sergeant (Ferdinand calls it "one of the earliest surviving narratives shot on location in Yosemite Valley") and the 1912 western The Better Man. You can read more about the films - and the blogathon's role in the ongoing preservation efforts - at Ferdy on Film's report.

The OFCS congratulates Ferdy on Films and their supporters on helping rescue these long-lost films.

Classics Update

Some classic films our members are discussing this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews the Bob Hope comedies Thanks for the Memory, The Cat and the Canary, The Ghost Breakers, and Nothing But the Truth at seanax.com and The Dead at the Turner Classic Movies

Michael E. Grost reviews the Films of Louis Feuillade at Classic Film and Television

Rob Gonsalves reviews Django at eFilmCritic

A.J. Hakari reviews Vampire Hunter D at Passport Cinema

Phil Hall reviews Caddyshack at FilmSnobbery.com and Till the Clouds Roll By at Film Threat

Roderick Heath reviews Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors at Ferdy on Films and Algiers and All The Brothers Were Valiant at This Island Rod

James Plath reviews Elvis: 75th Birthday Collection at DVD Town

John J. Puccio reviews Caddyshack at DVDTOWN

Dennis Schwartz reviews Downhill Racer, Knife in the Head, and Special Effects at Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Cole Smithey reviews Do the Right Thing at ColeSmithey.com

TV Update

Some TV shows our members are watching this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews Drop Dead Diva, The Eastwood Factor, Foyle's War: Set 6, and Life at seanax.com

David Cornelius reviews Doctor Who: The Hungry Earth and Doctor Who: Cold Blood at Popcornworld

Michael Dequina reviews Luther at TheMovieReport.com

David Johnson reviews the 24 series finale and discusses a 24 "post-mortem" at TV Verdict

International Update

Some films our members outside the U.S. are watching this week:

Anton Bitel reviews Fish Story and 20th Century Boys: The Complete Saga at EyeforFilm, [REC]2 at Film4, and Death at a Funeral at Little White Lies

Rich Cline reviews Fish Story, [REC]2, and The Time That Remains at Shadows on the Wall

Outside the Mainstream Update

Some "outside the mainstream" films our members are watching this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews The Sun and Tony Manero at seanax.com and Amer and K-20: The Fiend with 20 Faces at Parallax View

Betty Jo Tucker reviews Katchaturian at ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Classics Update

Some classic films our members are watching this week:

Sean Axmaker reviews the Three Musketeers/Four Musketeers double feature at seanax.com

Glenn Erickson reviews Lost Keaton: Sixteen Comedy Shorts 1943-1937, Wichita , and Zeppelin at DVD Savant

Marilyn Ferdinand reviews Brute Force at Ferdy on Films

Phil Hall reviews The Rabbit of Seville at FilmSnobbery.com and Serene Velocity at Film Threat

Roderick Heath reviews The Fall of the Roman Empire at Ferdy on Films and Clash of the Titans and Jason and the Argonauts at This Island Rod

James Kendrick reviews Stagecoach at The QNetwork

Adam Lippe discusses Bully at Regrettable Sincerity

John J. Puccio reviews The Rookie and TCM Spotlight: Charlie Chan Collection (Dark Alibi, Dangerous Money, The Trap, The Chinese Ring) at DVDTOWN

Dennis Schwartz reviews Incident at Oglala, The Last of the Mohicans, and The Silent Enemy at Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Nathan Shumate reviews Long John Silver at Cold Fusion Video Reviews

Cole Smithey reviews Carnival of Souls at ColeSmithey.com

Essay Question: The Worst Miscasting

OFCS members answer the question:

What do you think was the most severe case of movie miscasting?

Answers after the jump.