Short of the Week – Tombes & Manèges David Brake October 5, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/135249977 Now this is an impressive student debut. Created by a crack team of brilliant animators and storytellers, Tombes & Manèges is a likeable short. Going on the charm...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Robert De Niro Eddie Falvey October 2, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features It is fair to say that Robert De Niro is an acting institution; so great is he in some of his performances that one would not hesitate to place him among the best actors of his generation, and even of all...
Spotlight: Michael Fassbender Tori Brazier October 1, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Michael Fassbender – we’ve seen a lot of him (in more ways than one) in what seems like a few short years, but this actor has been working hard as a professional for more than two decades now. He is...
Second Chance: Prometheus Patrick Taylor September 29, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance We’re not going to pretend that Prometheus wasn’t a sizable disappointment – it was. However in the wake of Mr. Scott’s latest trip into space with The Martian, will posterity begin to look more...
Short of the Week – But Milk Is Important Ellen Dwyer September 28, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/50600924 It’s nice to see a film tackling mental illness without over-sentimentality; But Milk is Important offers a reminder of how the most mundane tasks, like talking...
Hollywood’s Age Problem Sian Brett September 23, 2015 Analysis, Features, Opinion The release of Some Kind of Beautiful on 25th September sees a 62 year-old Pierce Brosnan paired with both Jessica Alba and Salma Hayek – 34 and 49 years old respectively. This kind of gendered age gap...
Where Are They Now?: Dazed and Confused Sam Kerridge September 22, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? Half-love letter and half painful recollection, Richard Linklater's sincere look back to 1970s high school life launched almost as many careers as it did catchphrases, earning it a legacy far greater than its...
Short of the Week – Agoraphobic Stephen O'Nion September 21, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAsiyqgehL8 Mondays, right? Garfield knows what I’m talking about. A timid fella takes transport, bustled along in the crowds he seeks to avoid. Unable to escape, he...
12 Rounds with Vic Armstrong Hugh Blackstaffe September 19, 2015 12 Rounds, Behind The Curtain, Features In the buildup to the release of Spectre, ORWAV sat down with legendary stunt master Vic Armstrong, who has appeared in and even partly directed over a dozen of 007's onscreen adventures. He is truly an icon...
Best Films Never Made #27: Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis David Brake September 16, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features “You see the movies they make now... They just keep making the same one over and over again.” Francis Ford Coppola no longer believes in cinema. Of all the Best Films Never Made projects haunting...
Where Are They Now? Almost Famous Tom Bond September 15, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? It’s been 15 years since Almost Famous, one of the finest films about the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, graced our cinema screens. Directed by Cameron Crowe, the film follows 15-year-old aspiring journalist...
Short of the Week – How to Age Gracefully Danielle Davenport September 14, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/staffpicks/137249858 "Indulge your sweet tooth. You’ll need dentures soon anyway". In How to Age Gracefully, skilful artifice and spontaneity collide to create something...
A Love Letter To… Top Hat Tori Brazier September 11, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia The great movie musical institution, otherwise known as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, sprinkled its box office gold dust over ten pictures, and that which arguably received the lion’s share was 1935’s...
Tom Hardy – the Man, the Myth and the Legend Nick Evan-Cook September 11, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight It's difficult to pinpoint exactly the moment in which Tom Hardy transitioned from the dependable, somewhat memorable supporting actor of Band of Brothers, Black Hawk Down and various Brit-crime films to...
Maybeland: The Maze Runner Madeline Joint September 10, 2015 Features, Independent, Maybeland 16 year-old Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) wakes with no memories in ‘The Glade’, surrounded by boys hardened by years fighting for survival in their little community. Fighting what? Surrounding them sits the...
