The Club – An Interview With Chilean Maestro Pablo Larraín Nick Evan-Cook March 21, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview "God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness." So begins Chilean auteur Pablo Larraín's latest opus El Club, which...
Best Films Never Made #31: John Hughes’ Oil and Vinegar Tom Bond March 1, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features John Hughes made plenty of perfect films in his time. There was the irrepressible charm of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, led by Matthew Broderick, and the soulful rebellion of The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink...
The ORWAV Playlist – Oscars 2016 Calum Baker February 28, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies For the second year in a row, we've created a big bumper-size playlist for you to whack on in advance of tonight's Academy Awards! What more can we say, other than "enjoy, hope you have fun, hope you're not...
The 2016 Stunt Oscars Hugh Blackstaffe February 25, 2016 12 Rounds, Behind The Curtain, Features The stunt industry, specifically stunt professionals, are criminally overlooked by the Oscars. In an effort to draw much-needed attention to this underrepresented yet essential arm of filmmaking, ORWAV is...
Best Films Never Made #30: Guillermo Del Toro’s At the Mountains of Madness David Brake February 18, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 1 Comment “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” —H.P. Lovecraft H.P. Lovecraft was the father of cosmic horror. A man who...
Ryan Reynolds Q & A – Deadpool Interview David Brake February 12, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview The last time we saw Deadpool, he had his mouth sewn up and his head cut off in the much maligned X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Seven years later, Ryan Reynolds is the suited-up, gun-happy Merc with a Mouth once...
The ORWAV Playlist – February 2016 Calum Baker February 4, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...
Sherpa – An Interview With Director Jennifer Peedom Nick Evan-Cook January 28, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview A fight on Everest? It seemed incredible. But in 2013 news channels around the world reported an ugly brawl at 21 000ft as European climbers fled a mob of angry Sherpa mountain guides. What had happened to the...
Casting Call: Young Han Solo Stephen O'Nion January 18, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Casting Call, Features This week Variety reported that Disney have spent several parsecs (yes, I know, distance) auditioning thousands for the role of at least two lifetimes: Young Han Solo. With Rogue One thought to be positioned,...
The ORWAV Playlist – January 2016 Calum Baker January 13, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...
Best Films Never Made #29: David Lynch/David Cronenberg’s Return of the Jedi Conor Morgan December 18, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features When George Lucas was on the hunt for someone to bring the much anticipated Return of the Jedi to life in the early 1980s, he thought of two young directors that were laying the foundations of their...
The ORWAV Playlist – December 2015 Calum Baker December 4, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...
The ORWAV Playlist – November 2015 Calum Baker November 3, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Every four weeks, ORWAV explores the movie month ahead through the medium of song! Upcoming releases, notable births and anniversaries and a general celebration of the films, directors, technicians and...
Every Bond Theme, Ranked By Lyric Calum Baker October 28, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies The Eon James Bond theme tunes may be some of the most famous and iconic music moments in cinema, but they're not without their absurdities - chief among these being some ridiculous and unforgivable lyrics....
Best Films Never Made #28: James Bond’s Warhead David Brake October 27, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features A story 50 years in the making: as with many stories we tell in this series, it concludes with an unhappy ending. Not for a studio, or the character of James Bond and his legacy, but one man. His name was...
