Where Are They Now? The Millennium’s One-Hit Wonders Tom Bond March 22, 2017 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? 1 Comment One quirk of every awards season are the filmmakers who enjoy a shining moment of glory, full of the promise of cinematic brilliance to come, only to fade away into obscurity. Out of sheer curiosity, we’ve...
Why Multiple Maniacs Might Be John Waters’ Masterpiece Cathy Brennan March 21, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion When I read what critics have to say about John Waters’ early films, I find they always use the word “shocking.” John Waters never shocked me; he excited me. And Multiple Maniacs may be his most...
Short of the Week – Sweet Maddie Stone Sinead McCausland March 20, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/154873241 Brady Hood’s realist NFTS short film, Sweet Maddie Stone, proves the electrifying force of the realist genre. The story is simple, but its protagonist is not; Jessica...
How Luke Evans Became Everyone’s Favourite Bad Boy Carmen Paddock March 15, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight "In 10 years, I'd love to live near the sea, in a warmer climate. I could see myself with three dogs ... and it'd be great to share them with someone else." For someone with such idyllic goals, Welsh actor...
Which Disney Movies Deserve A Remake Next? Joni Blyth March 14, 2017 Opinion Disney’s Beauty and the Beast live action remake is finally here and whether you’re excited, resentful or just plain uninterested – this is only the start. The House of Mouse have already announced a...
Short of the Week – Home James Andrews March 13, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhrWuMzK7Mo An average British family are getting ready for a trip. Mum and Dad are rounding up their two young children, checking their route online and loading a...
The Violent Satire of Paul Verhoeven Kambole Campbell March 7, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features 1 Comment “Violence - the supreme authority from which all other authority is derived” - Lt. Jean Rasczak, Starship Troopers RoboCop. Total Recall. Starship Troopers. Paul Verhoeven has made a career out of films...
Short of the Week – The Bigger Picture Carmen Paddock March 6, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/203126235 The Bigger Picture, a National Film and Television School production, reached far more than the course markers – it won the 2014 Annecy Cristal for a Graduation Film, the...
Kelly Reichardt’s Uncertain Roads Calum Baker March 3, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Vignettes are nothing new in independent cinema. One of America's unsung treasures, Kelly Reichardt, recently made her own contribution to the subgenre with Certain Women, a film composed of three...
Zodiac At 10: Fincher’s Forgotten Masterpiece Conor Morgan March 2, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion We hate to break it to all the 14-year-old boys and alt-right shitheads out there, but Fight Club is not the best film ever made. Nor is it David Fincher’s best film. The same is true of Se7en, The Social...
Images of Insanity: How Polanski Disrupts Gender in Cul-De-Sac Tom Bond March 1, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features On an island, anything can happen. Isolated geographically, they form spaces separate from the rest of society where new rules apply and existing norms can be challenged and disrupted. It’s been this way...
Why Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine Is The Best There Is At What He Does Naomi Soanes February 28, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion Let’s face it: the world was a much warmer, cosier place back in 2000 when 20th Century Fox’s rebooted X-Men franchise first hit our screens. Gladiator was about to become one of the most beloved films of...
Short of the Week – Whale Heart Henry Gatrell February 27, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/203116933 Written and directed by Robert Allen and animated by a team of third-year students at The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Whale Heart tells the story of a father and son,...
The 2017 Stunt Oscars Hugh Blackstaffe February 27, 2017 12 Rounds, Behind The Curtain, Features 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...
ORWAV Oscars 2017 – The Results Tom Bond February 26, 2017 Analysis, Features, One Off Here at ORWAV we're nothing if not cynical trouble-makers, keen to upset some applecarts, rock some boats, and start a revolution. By which we mean that for the ORWAV Oscars 2017, votes have been counted by...
