By The Book – We Need To Talk About Kevin Stephanie Watts March 13, 2018 Analysis, By The Book, Features What do you think of when you hear the name Kevin? For many, it’s Lionel Shriver’s creation of modern day demon child Kevin Khatchadourian, who commits a mass shooting at his school in the thriller novel...
Short of the Week – Cul-De-Sac James Andrews March 12, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/160098507 There's just something about a detective isn't there? For a pretty niche job, it's always provided a rich seam of inspiration for film-makers. While Chris Pond may not quite...
Spotlight: Joaquin Phoenix – One Face, Many Bodies Rhys Handley March 8, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight With a face as distinct as Joaquin Phoenix’s, the odds are stacked against our one-time hip-hop renaissance man to ever truly disappear into a role – to make us forget that he was ever really there. But...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Hedy Lamarr Carmen Paddock March 7, 2018 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features This week sees the release of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story – a documentary about the Hollywood icon whose contributions to communication technology have been largely overlooked. Louis B. Mayer may have...
Remembering Morvern Callar: A Forgotten Gem of British Cinema Patrick Nabarro March 6, 2018 Analysis, Close-Up, Features You Were Never Really Here, only Lynne Ramsay’s fourth feature film as director, comes nearly 20 years after the sensation of her debut release, Ratcatcher (1999). That trickle of productivity has its...
Short of the Week – Terminally Happy Rory Steabler March 5, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/255663937 Newly released on Vimeo, Terminally Happy is an unsettling science-fiction short from writer-director Adina Istrate. The premise seems mundane at first: Louis (Alastair...
ORWAV Oscars 2018 – The Results Tom Bond March 4, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off For once our ORWAV Oscar nominations turned up a similar list to the Academy, suggesting that this time, maybe, they’ve recognised the right performances and films. With just a handful of underdogs creeping...
Method in his madness: An exploration of Daniel Day-Lewis’ Oscar-worthy performances Tori Brazier March 3, 2018 Features, Independent, One Off Daniel Day-Lewis is probably the most famous method actor in the world. Although this practice was brought to prominence on screen by classic stars such as Marlon Brando and James Dean in the 1950s, who were...
ORWAV Oscars 2018 – Dinner Party Bertie Archer March 2, 2018 Features, One Off, Opinion It’s Oscars night on Sunday, that magical time when, well, the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Guild Awards, and other ceremonies repeat themselves – but with added hype, expectation and chance of upset. However...
Jonny Greenwood in 2017: A Tale of Two Masterpieces Jack Blackwell March 1, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight A member of Radiohead and Paul Thomas Anderson’s go-to composer, Jonny Greenwood has long been a musical magician, but his film work in 2017 was a high-water mark even by his own lofty standards. Not only...
ORWAV Oscars 2018 – The Nominations Tom Bond February 28, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off It’s been a glorious year for film fans. In truth, every year is if you watch the right stuff. The problem is that often these cinematic gems aren’t the same ones held up by the Academy as the best in the...
A Specific Set of Skills: The Black Widow Film Wish List Carmen Paddock February 27, 2018 Analysis, Features, Opinion The news comes far, far too late, but it is welcome regardless: after eight years of dithering, Kevin Feige has finally announced that a script for a Black Widow film is in the works, with Scarlett Johansson...
Short of the Week – Growth Louise Burrell February 26, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/255358936 A single-shot scene may not be the most ground-breaking of film techniques, but they are still more often than not hugely impressive. Our Short of the Week Growth is no...
“I Never Did This”: The Unreliable Narrator from Rashomon to I, Tonya Rory Steabler February 20, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 There’s no such thing as truth! Everyone has their own truth. So claims Margot Robbie’s Tonya Harding – somewhat dubiously – over the trailer for I, Tonya. The film adapts the true story of...
Short of the Week – Describe What You Heard Tom Bond February 19, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/256122016 What is a joke? At its simplest it’s when something unexpected disrupts established logic. When the words or behaviour we come across are slightly out of kilter with the rest...
