Jeff Nichols: The Next Great American Auteur? Eddie Falvey April 6, 2016 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 1 Comment Jeff Nichols is by no means the first American filmmaker to utilise the strange, otherworldly beauty of the American interior as the backdrop for his brief but already impressive oeuvre. As a point of...
Victoria – Review Nick Evan-Cook April 2, 2016 Reviews Fearless and virtuosic, Victoria's one-take style is both a fascinating formal experiment and a thrilling, interpolating cinematic technique in its own right. Nils Frahm's hypnotic and atmospheric score...
Your Week In Film: Batman, Blade Runner, Boycotts and More Stephen O'Nion April 1, 2016 News We're still fresh to this News malarkey so this week we thought we'd change the format of things. We'll still cover industry news as well as the movings and shakings of those projects in production, but...
The Club – An Interview With Chilean Maestro Pablo Larraín Nick Evan-Cook March 21, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview "God said, 'Let there be light,' and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness." So begins Chilean auteur Pablo Larraín's latest opus El Club, which...
News of the Week – 18th March 2016 Stephen O'Nion March 18, 2016 News The Weekly Report All news contained herein corresponds to the world of film. The Weekly Report will seek to cover general film news that has emerged over the last seven days. Olivia Wilde “too...
News of the Week – 26th Feb 2016 Stephen O'Nion February 26, 2016 News The Weekly Report All news contained herein corresponds to the world of film. The Weekly Report will seek to cover general film news that has emerged over the last seven days. Berlinale 2016 As...
News of the Week – 19th Feb 2016 Stephen O'Nion February 19, 2016 News The Weekly Report All news contained herein corresponds to the world of film. The Weekly Report will seek to cover general film news that has emerged over the last seven days. BAFTA With final...
War On Everyone – Review Eddie Falvey February 15, 2016 Reviews After the one-two punch of The Guard and Calvary, John Michael McDonagh had pretty much guaranteed our interest in whatever he chose to do next; it's a shame, then, that War on Everyone is such a...
Richard Curtis: The Underrated Master of the British Romcom Phil W. Bayles February 9, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance The late Nora Ephron was the undisputed queen of the romantic comedy. Her screenplays for such classics as When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail were sharp and insightful, and perfectly encapsulated the...
News of the Week – 5th Feb 2016 Eddie Falvey February 5, 2016 News The Weekly Report All news contained herein corresponds to the world of film. The Weekly Report will seek to cover general film news that has emerged over the last seven days. The End of...
A Tribute to David Bowie (1947-2016) Eddie Falvey January 12, 2016 Analysis, Features, Spotlight The final track on the first side of David Bowie's 1973 album Aladdin Sane (A Lad Insane, get it?) is a lesser known rocker called 'Cracked Actor'; among hits such as 'Drive-In Saturday' and 'The Jean...
One Room With A View – UK Blog Awards! David Brake January 5, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off Hello! One Room With A View is on the long list for the UK Blog Awards 2016 in the Arts & Culture category. Yay! This is our first time up for any sort of award, and we're pretty thrilled about...
Top 10 Cold War Movies Calum Baker November 27, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 The decades-long Cold War is, in many ways, one of the most literary of all international conflicts - which is why, perhaps, it hasn't found as perennial a home on screen as some of its louder cousins. That...
The ORWAV Playlist – November 2015 Calum Baker November 3, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies 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...
Bondathon: the ORWAV Bond Marathon Stephen O'Nion October 29, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off There's a new James Bond film out! Not sure if you're aware of it, there hasn't been much written about it. It’s meant to be very good indeed and, it turns out, it’s actually the 24th in a series of films...