ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2020: #1 – Parasite Jess Goodman December 31, 2020 Analysis, Features, Top 10 The ending of another year is a time that lends itself to reflection. So let’s look back on the good old days, when going to the supermarket didn’t feel like a health hazard, when cinemas were open and...
Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry On His Intimate Score For The Nest Jess Goodman December 2, 2020 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview Writer/Director Sean Durkin's first feature, Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), gave Elizabeth Olsen her breakthrough role. Nine years on, his second feature might just do the same for Arcade Fire's Richard...
Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square – Review Jess Goodman November 25, 2020 Reviews When it comes to movie adaptations of Charles Dickens' iconic yuletide tale, the cream of the crop is (of course) The Muppet Christmas Carol, a feature crafted with such humour and heart that you barely notice...
A Love Letter to… The Great Dictator Jess Goodman November 18, 2020 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia “I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.” For Charlie Chaplin, making people laugh was part of who he was. Having made his...
On the Rocks – Review Jess Goodman October 4, 2020 Reviews Laura (Rashida Jones) is in a rut. Her relationships are, as the film title suggests, on the rocks: her husband (Marlon Wayans) spends more time at work than with his wife, and her father (Bill Murray) is in...
The Boys in the Band – Review Jess Goodman October 3, 2020 Reviews It's been 50 years since the first stage-to-film adaptation of The Boys in the Band, and the world's a different place—or so you'd hope. Netflix's adaptation of Mart Crowley's groundbreaking work is less...
A Love Letter to… Seven, after 25 years Jess Goodman September 21, 2020 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia “Ernest Hemingway once wrote, ‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.’ I agree with the second part.” So concludes Morgan Freeman’s character in the final moments of Seven. On paper,...
The 10 Best Fictional Bands in Film Jess Goodman September 14, 2020 Analysis, Features, Top 10 You and I have witnessed many things, but nothing as bodacious as Wyld Stallyns. Yes, that's right, it's time to face the music. The long awaited sequel to Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and their...
Love Letter: Buster Keaton’s One Week, 100 Years On Jess Goodman September 1, 2020 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia “Who would not wish to live a hundred years in a world where there are so many people who remember with gratitude and affection a little man with a frozen face who made them laugh a bit long years ago when...