Desiree Akhavan Talks Appropriate Behaviour, Girls and Directing Yourself Cameron Ward March 8, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview Desiree Akhavan's feature debut, Appropriate Behaviour, follows Shirin (Akhavan), a bisexual Persian American woman in Brooklyn struggling to rebuild her life after breaking up with her lesbian...
The Culinary Craft Of Jiro Dreams Of Sushi Nick Evan-Cook March 5, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Kaizen noun: A Japanese philosophy of continuous improvement based on making incremental positive changes on a regular basis. An interesting and admirable concept – one for which there is no close...
Second Chance: MacGruber Stephen O'Nion March 4, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance MacGruber: making life-saving inventions out of household materials. How many films feature a primary antagonist falling to their death? Die Hard, sure. The Return of the King, check. GoldenEye, there’s...
Impossibly Early Oscar Predictions – 2015-16 Calum Baker March 3, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off 2 Comments Okay ORWeenies, it's that time of year again. After we punted for Gone Girl, Interstellar, Inherent Vice, Into the Woods, Unbroken and Foxcatcher last time (as well as Theory of Everything, Imitation Game,...
Short of the Week – Apricot Nick Evan-Cook March 2, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/groups/4748/videos/8076064 First loves and the fragility of memory are the predominant themes of Ben Briand's 2009 Vimeo treasure; they are shown resplendently and wordlessly through...
Selma, Bond and Race: Examining Hollywood’s “Invisible White Men” Madeline Joint March 1, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features 1 Comment The Oscars: a night to celebrate the film industry’s “best and whitest.” Thanks Neil Patrick Harris, you hit the nail on the head - but frankly the issue deserves a little more than a cheap pun....
A Love Letter to… Cloud Atlas Phil W. Bayles February 27, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Explaining what happens in Cloud Atlas is surprisingly simple. Explaining why it deserves to be loved and admired is a little harder. The story (based on a novel by David Mitchell) is in fact six separate...
Making It Big: Iron Maidens David Brake February 25, 2015 Features, Independent, Making It Big A Knight's Tale is an impeachable, and veritable cinematic joy for the ages. However its monthly presence on Film4's schedule necessitates a new project to fill the rest of our collective days....
Short of the Week – Le Gouffre Cameron Ward February 23, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/118471437 Having graduated just 3 years prior to their formation, small Canadian animation group Lightning Boy Studio has been working independently for 2 full years to create their...
ORWAV’s Official Playlist for Your Oscars Party Calum Baker February 22, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies 1 Comment It's finally here: the biggest night of the year (narrowly beating Martin Luther King Day). If you're anything like us, you'll be having a stellar bash to celebrate the ultimate rewarding of your favourite...
The Oscars 2015 | 87th Academy Awards | Live Blog David Brake February 22, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off Welcome to One Room With A View's (soon-to-be) LIVE coverage of the 87th Academy Awards! Tonight's ceremony in Los Angeles will be hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, whereas our ceremony will be hosted by yours...
CEL Mates: 2015 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts Nick Evan-Cook February 22, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent If there's one thing that unifies this year's stellar crop of Oscar-nominated animated shorts, it's that each one is wildly different to the others. Hailing from all around the world, dealing with a...
Scene Stealers: Alfred Molina in Boogie Nights Thom Denson February 21, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers "You want somethin' to drink? A little pill, a little coke, a little dope? I got everything!" In 1997, Californian auteur Paul Thomas Anderson shone a spotlight on the American adult entertainment industry...
A Love Letter To… Zoolander Conor Morgan February 20, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia In Zoolander, Ben Stiller’s 2001 send-up of the fashion industry, the shadowy controlling figures of the trade task leading designer Mugatu (Will Ferrell) with finding a suitable candidate to assassinate the...
Best Films Never Made #24: Robert Zemeckis’ The Toon Platoon Phil W. Bayles February 18, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features If Robert Zemeckis' Who Framed Roger Rabbit were made today, the sequel would be greenlit and in pre-production before the end of opening weekend. Originally released in 1988, its groundbreaking mix of...
