Author Chris Davies

As 2013 draws to a close, it’s time to reel off One Room With A View’s Top Ten Films of 2013. Each writer will list their top ten and we’ll reach an ultimate list at the end. To achieve this, we’ll be...

It’s nearly Christmas! To celebrate, the writers of One Room With A View are going to present their arguments as to why their choice is the Ultimate Christmas Movie. After David argued for Die Hard and Steve...

With the recent release of The Desolation of Smaug, Peter Jackson’s second instalment of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, the argument “I don’t see why it needs to be three films when it’s such a small...

One of Hollywood’s most financially successful filmmakers yet often critically derided, Bay has directed films such as Bad Boys, The Rock, Pearl Harbor and the Transformers trilogy. During the 1980s, two...

After the enjoyable yet underwhelming An Unexpected Journey, Jackson delivers with the long-expected sequel. Although darker in tone and colour palette, the film maintains momentum through extensive...

Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have created critically-acclaimed films in a range of genres for the past thirty years, including The Big Lebowski, Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and No Country for Old...

Following their remake of True Grit, auteur siblings Joel and Ethan Coen have found further inspiration from the 1960s with Inside Llewyn Davis. A perfect companion piece to A Serious Man, the Coens'...

Ridley Scott is one of Britain’s finest filmmakers, with a career spanning almost forty years and including such iconic films as Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise and Gladiator. Born in North-East...

Jim Jarmusch is a wonderfully original filmmaker, but in a market saturated with vampire love stories like Twilight and True Blood, does Only Lovers Left Alive offer anything new? Sadly, it never quite...

With a script by acclaimed novelist Cormac McCarthy, Scott’s latest is a movie of ideas given form as a thriller. Unjustly savaged by critics, the philosophical dialogue is at times difficult to follow...

Depicting the untold stories of forgotten figures from history, Parkland utilises an ensemble cast to explore how JFK’s assassination impacted on everyday lives. Although lacking the cinematic flair of...

Actor, singer and professional handsome man Joseph Gordon-Levitt can now add writer and director to his list of accolades thanks to one of the year’s finest comedies. JGL ensures his eponymous narcissist...

From Joe Swanberg, a master of the mumblecore movement, Drinking Buddies is a charming – if indulgent – anti-romcom revolving around four friends and a microbrewery. The unconventional setting never...

Spielberg, Lucas, Coppola and other living legends lend amusing anecdotes on this controversial figure and his self-constructed mythos. Sadly, a stroke has left Milius with a severe speech impediment, so...

From Stephen Frears, director of The Queen, Philomena is a funny yet thought-provoking film. Judi Dench and Steve Coogan give strong performances as Lee and Sixsmith, but the true star is ultimately the...