ORWAV’s Unlikely Picks for the 2018 Oscars Tom Bond January 22, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Every year your favourite films are robbed (robbed, you hear me!) of the little gold statues they deserve. And we all know why. Despite the bold changes begun in the wake of #OscarsSoWhite, the Academy...
Tom Hanks: Spielberg’s Everyman Hero James Andrews January 16, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Saving Private Ryan. Catch Me If You Can. The Terminal. Bridge of Spies. And now, The Post. What do they all have in common? Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. As their fifth collaboration – a '70s-set...
Checking in on the Modern Western Rory Steabler January 4, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off Almost a decade ago, the 2008 Academy Awards saw an influx of Westerns. No Country for Old Men took the Best Picture statuette (among others), while nominations for sound and cinematography were dished out to...
The Prestige Is More Than Just Two Great Twists Rory Steabler December 26, 2017 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia The title of The Greatest Showman, out this week, refers to the 19th-century circus entrepreneur P.T. Barnum, though it could just as well refer to the movie’s star. Hugh Jackman has proved again and again...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #20 to #11 David Brake December 20, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s here! The One Room With A View Top 20 films of 2017 has arrived. If you thought 2017 was a poor year for movies, you didn't watch enough movies. At the very least, you didn't watch the right moves....
Call Me By Your Name – Review Christopher Preston October 29, 2017 Reviews This was originally reviewed on 16/02/17 as part of the Berlinale. While making comparisons is nearly always reductive, Call Me by Your Name feels like Brokeback Mountain via Richard Linklater – which...
Same Bones, Different Skin: La Piscine/A Bigger Splash Rhys Handley October 27, 2017 Analysis, One Off To call Italian impresario Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash (2015) a remake of La Piscine, Jacques Deray’s 1969 romantic thriller, would certainly be a faux pas. Built on the same narrative foundations...
Grain – LFF 2017 Review Danielle Davenport October 14, 2017 Reviews Navigating the "Dare" strand of the London Film Festival can bring the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Often there is absolutely no way of telling what lies ahead; it is as thrilling as it is...
A Fantastic Woman – LFF 2017 Review Jack Blackwell September 27, 2017 Reviews A Fantastic Woman arrives at the London Film Festival with a lot of prestige behind it. Sebastian Lelio’s film won the Silver Lion at Berlin after rave reviews, and boasts both Pablo Larraín and Maren Ade...
The Cakemaker – LFF 2017 Review Louise Burrell September 21, 2017 Reviews The Cakemaker, the latest offering from Israeli director Grazier, tackles the difficult subject of bereavement through the story of a man and woman both grieving the death of the same lover. Oren is married to...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Colin Firth Carmen Paddock September 19, 2017 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features It is hard to name a more quintessentially British actor than Colin Firth. Playing almost exclusively (extremely) English characters and featuring heavily in historical pieces, the actor epitomises the class...
Your Week In Film: Abrams Returns, Neeson Retires, Awards Season Restarts Stephen O'Nion September 15, 2017 News 1. Star Wars: Episode IX - a familiar hope J.J. Abrams will return to the Star Wars franchise, having inked a deal to direct Episode IX. ‘Twas ever thus. According to Deadline, Rian Johnson was initially...
It – Review James Andrews September 9, 2017 Reviews After the much-loved, yet much-feared, 1986 Stephen King source novel and classic 1990 TV miniseries, arguably the most famous work of coulrophobia-inducing fiction hits the big screen awash with hype. What a...
Zama – Venice 2017 Review Jack Blackwell August 30, 2017 Reviews "White guys go crazy in the South American jungle" is a well-worn genre at this point. From Werner Herzog’s one-two of Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo, to more modern spins Embrace of the Serpent and The Lost City...
How Well Do You Know Samuel L. Jackson? David Brake August 17, 2017 Quiz For many of us, it feels as though Samuel L. Jackson has never really been off the screen; he was simply born there, and we’ve been enjoying him ever since. Trawling through his entries on One Room With A...