Best Buys For the Best Films of the 2010s Tom Bond March 24, 2020 Shop With the 2010s in the rearview mirror we took the chance to look back at our favourite films of the decade and rank them. You can see where we ended up here, and I hope you'll agree it's a great...
ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #20-1 Calum Baker December 18, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 In criticism, time-distance is everything: time to let a film sink in, time to give it more thought and more watches, and time to see what impact it has on the culture. Time also, often, for the artists...
ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #40-21 Calum Baker December 15, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 The ground is littered with fantastic and fascinating titles that just failed to make our top 100 films of the decade: Margaret, Blade Runner 2049, Foxtrot. Somehow Michael Pearce’s “moody”, empty Ramsay...
ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #60-41 Calum Baker December 14, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 Our countdown of the Top 100 Films of the Decade continues apace as we start reaching the titles with some very high aggregate scores. Debate continues to rage over the relative merits of (usually heavy)...
ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #80-61 Calum Baker December 13, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 At its very best, cinema not only influences its audience but changes the very medium around it; a great film builds itself as it plays, showing you how to view it and redefining itself in real time. And this...
ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #100-81 Calum Baker December 12, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 Another decade, another dollar – billions and billions of dollars, that is, spent on both making and watching films. Early 2010 saw Avatar clamber to the first-ever $2 billion gross, becoming the biggest...
The Directors That Defined the 2010s Carmen Paddock December 11, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion Much can be said about the cinema of the 2010s, from Oscars drama and the legacy of #MeToo to the dominance of Disney and emergence of streaming platforms in film distribution. The films driving and reacting...
The Father – Review Phil W. Bayles June 16, 2021 Reviews Adapted by Florian Zeller from his stage play of the same name, The Father is a film about the ravages of time in the vein of Michael Haneke’s Amour. But while Haneke presented his subjects with clinical...
In A World: Cinema’s Most Innovative Trailers George Howarth September 3, 2020 Features, Opinion, Top 10 So you're a director, you've made your genre-defining debut picture, and now it's time to convince the viewing public that your film blows the other cinematic dross out of the water. But how do you prove it?...
Céline Sciamma, Water Lilies, and the Complications of Youthful Desire Nick Davie May 11, 2020 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Céline Sciamma is having a moment. Following the 2019 festival debut and this year's cinematic release ofPortrait of a Lady on Fire, she is currently the subject of Mubi UK's 'Focus on' retrospective. This...
ORWAV’s Top 20 films of 2019: #3 – Eighth Grade Tom Bond December 31, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Kids today, eh? They don’t know they’re born. They’ve never had it better, but they spend all their time glued to their phones, living their lives through social media. That’s the easy, lazy criticism...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2019: #20 to #11 David Brake December 28, 2019 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It's almost time to wrap up this year and this decade. A wondrous opportunity to reflect on what has passed. If you haven't already, I heartily recommend you check out our Top 100 Films of the 2010s – #100...
Jake Gyllenhaal: The King is Dead? Chris Edwards April 2, 2019 Analysis, Features, Spotlight "What do you mean my reviews have 'fallen off'?", Jake Gyllenhaal’s art critic Morf Vandewalt snaps defensively in the latest entry into the actor’s impressive filmography, Velvet Buzzsaw. It’s been four...
Live-Action Disney Remakes: Cynical Cash Cows or New Takes on the Classics? Carmen Paddock March 25, 2019 Analysis, Debate, Features Dumbo hits UK cinemas this week, and it promises a stellar cast, some tear-jerking animation, and a hopeful return to form by Tim Burton. While judgement cannot yet be passed on the film itself, the most...
Let’s Get Down To Business: A Love Letter to Mulan Carmen Paddock June 22, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Apologies to all whose have continued singing “I’ll Make A Man Out of You” in their heads – or out loud – upon reading the title. The 2010s have been a relatively strong decade for Disney...