Behind The Curtain

July 21 heralds the return of Christopher Nolan. Although the eye-popping spectacle of Interstellar may still be seared onto your retinas, that film, his space-opera, came out in November 2014. Since then,...

With Daniel Craig looking more likely than ever to return in the next Bond film, he needs a new director to join him. Rumours have been swirling that Christopher Nolan is in the frame, so we thought it would...

The Mummy returns. Again and again. It was first created in 1932 by screenwriter John L. Balderston with Boris Karloff as the bandaged baddie; then reanimated in 1999 in a more blockbuster version directed by...

The DC Extended Universe is rapidly expanding this year; while one film shy of Marvel’s 2017 output, hopes are high for Wonder Woman and Justice League to redeem the lacklustre receptions given to last...

"His job was to catch outlaws, and to collect taxes. And that's a pretty shitty gig, you know? In our version, the Sheriff was basically a decent guy, a civil servant and a war hero." In January 2007, Ethan...

"Was working on this. Don't think I am anymore. Love it though." One pithy line on an Instagram post seemed to mark the death of Alien 5 on New Year’s Day 2015. A death knell marked by a collection of...

In 2016, DC had its true launch of its MCU-rivaling cinematic universe and, in doing so, made two films with obvious Marvel counterparts. They actually managed to beat the Feige machine to the Hero-vs-Hero...

For the second year, ORWAV is proud to reveal the winners of our own 2017 Stunt Oscars, where we highlight some of the best and most spectacular stunts and stunt performers from the last 12 months. As the...

Discursive, digressive, inconsistent, incoherent. Just a few words that come to mind when listening to the soundtracks from Xavier Dolan’s first five features. Track by track, he jumps from French-Italian...

At this point, one can only imagine the DC Extended Universe is built upon an ancient Indian burial ground. This riposte to the Marvel Cinematic Universe has tripped over three critical paving stones since...

When you really think about it, Forrest Gump is a weird movie. Pitch it in the abstract - "let’s send this random hayseed careening through recent history like a southern Doctor Who" - and it sounds...

With Snowden thudding resoundingly at the US box office - Oliver Stone’s lowest opening in 20 years - let’s distract ourselves, ahead of its UK release, with an outstandingly mad concept. What if...

Spoiler warning: This article features spoilers to the 2011 film Take This Waltz and 2016’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Following Friday morning’s sad news of the death of genius singer-songwriter, poet...

With Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first film in J.K. Rowling’s fledgling magiverse, hitting cinema screens this week, Warner Bros. have capitalised on the publicity with two casting...

40 years ago, In the Realm of the Senses was released, sparking uproar and an obscenity trial. The film's notoriety stems from its explicit, unsimulated sex scenes, yet director Nagisa Ôshima was not...