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The final track on the first side of David Bowie's 1973 album Aladdin Sane (A Lad Insane, get it?) is a lesser known rocker called 'Cracked Actor'; among hits such as 'Drive-In Saturday' and 'The Jean...

https://vimeo.com/90733535 Password: russian At ORWAV we’re no strangers to the bizarre but brilliant works of rising short film director Ben Aston, and Sundance London winner Russian Roulette –...

That most unique and curious of phenomena is upon us once more: a new Quentin Tarantino film. As The Hateful Eight hits cinemas nationwide, it seems like as a good a time as any to cast our eyes back over the...

“There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is, how do we arm the other 11?” It’s been said so many times...

How does one begin to talk about Nicolas Cage? Well, let’s first start by considering the polar positions that so often clouds discussions regarding him. Such conversation tends to proceed as follows:...

Hello! One Room With A View is on the long list for the UK Blog Awards 2016 in the Arts & Culture category. Yay! This is our first time up for any sort of award, and we're pretty thrilled about...

https://vimeo.com/103459634 While Mind the Gap may have a bit of a bare-bones narrative, with little dialogue besides the titular recording, this short by Luke Flanagan succeeds in its modest...

How the hell is it 2016? Time sure flies when you've had a year of film that good. In 2015 we were graced with Carol, Ex Machina, Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian and Mission: Impossible - Rogue...

We all know Jennifer Lawrence as the Girl on Fire, or Katniss Everdeen, from the recently wrapped Hunger Games series. Throughout the saga - well, until Mockingjay Part 2 -  Lawrence’s acting was every bit...

Whiplash is One Room With A View’s best film of 2015, beating all other competition since its UK release date of January 16th. That’s all the more impressive when you think how tough the competition has...

This week sees the release of The Danish Girl, Tom Hooper's long-awaited film about Lili Elbe (born Einar Wegener), the first person to ever undergo gender reassignment surgery. The lead role is played by the...

Unless you’re already heavily involved in queer studies you may well balk at the sound of ‘queer cinema’. For the majority of people who only know ‘queer’ as a slur, it might be a surprise to find...

Mad Max: Fury Road is undoubtedly one of the best action blockbusters of 2015. It’s also one of the most progressive, subversive and openly political films to reach such a mass audience in recent memory. It...

There has been an awakening. Have you felt it? April, 1997. Thurrock, South East England. The carpark outside a Vue cinema. A seven year-old boy and his father stumble out of the theatre's exit into the...

If Pixar films have taught us one thing, it's that everything we love will one day come to an end. We will forget our childhood toys. Our loved ones will die and leave us alone in the world. Eventually, we all...