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When looking at the past, we always remember the bright bits. When speaking about our favourite actors, it's the Oscar winners, the blockbusters or the indie gems we recall. It's rare that the focus shifts...

Anita Dobson stars in new musical London Road, alongside Olivia Colman, Tom Hardy and the entire cast of the original theatre production, which had two successful runs at the National Theatre. Based on...

https://vimeo.com/111681045 "Chat lunatique": this fridge-magnet epithet encapsulates the irksome antagonist of this amusing short. Told almost exclusively through voicemails, One Year Lease tracks...

Really, Jason Schwartzman should be a bigger star. Part of the prolific Coppola clan and erstwhile creator of teen drama theme tunes, he made his screen acting debut in Wes Anderson’s Rushmore in 1998 – a...

Welcome to another edition of Maybeland, where we explore some of the cinematic visions of the future. Here we examine the right-wing religious tyranny of The Handmaid's Tale. The U.S. is no more -...

Love, scandal, epic bloodshed: there’s a reason that Shakespeare adapts so well into the teen movie genre. One overlooked gem is 2006’s Twelfth Night adaptation, She’s the Man, starring the...

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...

It’s gorgeous; its gently flickering lights, exotic creatures and muted pinks, blues and greens move with the playful soundtrack. As a glorified advert it’s a wonderful little film: experimental,...

For our latest 12 Rounds, One Room With A View met up with Charlie Rotherham. The reason we're speaking to Rotherham is that he is the co-founder of Soldier in Blue, a company that offers what it calls a...

There are plenty of classic films about dancing, from The Red Shoes to Black Swan, but there are also plenty more where the characters slip in a two-step or a spot of dirty dancing out of the blue. Man Up is...

Post-colonial theory sounds like something best left in a textbook, but in the context of a film industry that still limits characters of colour to sidekicks and stereotypes, it is worthy of broader...

There are two ways to describe The Way. The first will be familiar to anyone who has discussed Peter Jackson’s Middle Earth films with a non-believer – “they're all just taking a really long walk, I...

https://vimeo.com/106521626 Lovers Lookout is not surprising, nor suspenseful and far from thrilling. This short is a simple and obvious tale. Deftly handled, it looks at the torture one can inflict...

Here is a question: was there a greater popular musician in the twentieth century than the inimitable Bob Dylan? Here is one answer: no there was not. Somewhere in the corner of a crowded bar a debate is...

Some of the greatest films of all time have shown or been sold at the Cannes Film Festival, and a few of those have also won awards. From acknowledged classics such as Blowup and The Tin Drum, to...