Analysis

The last time we paused to recount the efforts of one of Hollywood’s most unsung tribes – that of the women screenwriter – we stopped just as silent cinema led into the talkies and a new era arrived in...

Oh mama. Orin Scrivello is an abusive, nitrous oxide-huffing, sadistic, twisted mad man. In the hands of Steve Martin, he becomes a scene-stealer of the highest quality. The 1986 musical Little Shop of...

When people ask Quentin Tarantino if he went to film school, he tells them ‘no, I went to films.’ With ways to express the love for the cinema as diverse as film itself, actually creating the art one loves...

Since the millennium, there have been a number of shifts and developments in the world of film. One such shift, however, has skirted under the radar. Films which claim to be ‘based on real events’ are more...

Starlet of the 71st Academy Awards in 1999, Shakespeare in Love is a film that offers comedy, heartfelt sincerity and some brilliant performances. Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman’s script leaps off the screen...

This is a bold one, it’s true. With a cast that includes Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, reborn John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Chistopher Walken, Uma Thurman and Ving Rhames it's hard to say...

“It’s the writer’s job to get screwed. Writers are the women of the movie business” – Nora Ephron, 1993 Writers have always received the short end of the movie making stick, going unnoticed as...

He weighs in at 83kg, 185cm tall and he’s the male acting equivalent of Anne Hathaway. A figure that’s often derided by critics for his apparent absence of talent, Channing Tatum is a by-word for “tries...

You know who they are. Or rather: you know what they look like, you may know their names, but you almost certainly know what films they’ve been in. But would you be surprised to know how much those films...

"Let's not talk about the good old times, but the bad new ones." - Bertolt Brecht In recent years the cinema has frequently been talked about as a lost cause. Regardless of the fact that home viewing was...

Welcome to our round-up of The One Room With A View podcast! Season One has reached its conclusion so it's time to relive and recap the best bits and to encourage you to get subscribe, download and enjoy!...

It's been 4 days since the World Cup ended. Sigh. How do we carry on with life? Can you even remember what we did before the seemingly all-consuming football phenomenon? Well, we must persevere and One Room...

There is a scene in Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Dreamers (2003) when the three main characters race through the Louvre in Paris, attempting to break a world record. A direct reference to Bande à Part (1964),...

Scene Stealers is a new feature exploring supporting characters, smaller roles or particularly memorable cameos that either stick with you more than their screen time would warrant, or steal the whole show...

Here at ORWAV we’re not going to bore you with a Best Films of 2014 round-up just because we’re halfway through the year. Instead, our writers are here to offer something different, with the specific...