A Beginner’s Guide to… The Cannes Film Festival Calum Baker May 13, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features It seems somewhat condescending to you, the reader, to begin this article with something as basic as "What IS the Cannes Film Festival?" - yet this isn't an entirely stupid question. The Festival means...
Spotlight: Carey Mulligan Rachel Brook May 1, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight This May, Carey Mulligan once again returns to the genre that launched her into acting: the period drama. Having brought some of Jane Austen’s most vivid characters to life, Mulligan will now try her hand at...
CEL Mates: World of Tomorrow Tom Bond April 8, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Don Hertzfeldt is a one-of-a-kind genius. While his contemporaries balance on the cutting-edge of animation technology or push to preserve the retro charm of hand-drawn styles, he stands proudly in a niche of...
Short of the Week – Funnel Nick Evan-Cook April 6, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://youtu.be/s1CIGKiz8xo L.A. comedy scene up-and-comer Andre Hyland's Sundance selected short Funnel succeeds precisely because of its obvious limitations rather than in spite of...
Top 10 Unreleased Festival Films of 2014 Tom Bond March 10, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Here at One Room With A View we’ve been lucky enough to catch some of the best films being made before they hit cinema screens across the UK. But sometimes these festival gems struggle to find distribution,...
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...
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,...
Spotlight: Brie Larson Rachel Brook January 30, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 1 Comment Spotlight is a new feature dedicated to actors who continually turn in impressive performances yet fly under the radar, often not receiving the recognition they deserve. Spotlight aims to be both a tribute to...
ORWAV’s 30 Films To Be Excited About In 2015 David Brake December 31, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off Boyhood is our Number One for 2014, but let's be honest... the whole of 2014 was a stellar year. How can 2015 possibly match it? Well, we've done our research and here are 30 candidates in line to take your...
A Love Letter To… The Sting Patrick Taylor November 28, 2014 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia George Roy Hill’s 1973 classic The Sting is a film laced with cinematic heritage. Yet despite winning seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director, the film has been eclipsed by another of Hill’s...
12 Rounds With Annie Ellis Hugh Blackstaffe September 16, 2014 12 Rounds, Behind The Curtain, Features One Room With A View goes 12 Rounds with the unstoppable Annie Ellis. A master of horses, expert stunt driver, and qualified badass, Annie has survived everything the stunt industry can throw at her on- and...
Podcast: Season One of The One Room With A View Show David Brake July 21, 2014 Analysis, Features, One Off Welcome to our round-up of The One Room With A View podcast! Season One has reached its conclusion so it's time to relive and recap the best bits and to encourage you to get subscribe, download and enjoy!...
CEL Mates: Mary and Max Conor Morgan May 28, 2014 CEL Mates, Features, Independent 1 Comment “Mary Dinkle’s eyes were the colour of muddy puddles. Her birthmark, the colour of poo.” These are the opening lines of Mary and Max, read in the lovely warm voice of Australian national treasure...
52 More Slices of Movie Trivia Calum Baker March 28, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Ten Degrees of Trivia This is it, folks. We've had fifty... we've had fifty-one... now we go one better, with fifty-two slices of movie trivia each more mildly-interesting than the last. 1. Christopher Walken's real name is...
Best Films Never Made #12: Shane Carruth’s A Topiary Tom Bond March 7, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 18 Comments In 2004, Shane Carruth stunned the film industry with his visionary debut, Primer. Taking a meticulous and realist approach to the ever-popular sci-fi theme of time travel, his singular vision earned him the...