ORWAV’s 30 Films To Be Excited About In 2016 David Brake January 3, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off How the hell is it 2016? Time sure flies when you've had a year of film that good. In 2015 we were graced with Carol, Ex Machina, Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian and Mission: Impossible - Rogue...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Queer Cinema Madeline Joint December 30, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Unless you’re already heavily involved in queer studies you may well balk at the sound of ‘queer cinema’. For the majority of people who only know ‘queer’ as a slur, it might be a surprise to find...
Spotlight: Daniel Radcliffe Nick Evan-Cook December 2, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Daniel Radcliffe may not be the most naturally gifted actor in the world, but he is so hard working, has so much charisma to burn and is just so darn likeable that you can’t help but root for him as his...
The ORWAV Playlist – October 2015 Calum Baker October 7, 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...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Robert De Niro Eddie Falvey October 2, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features It is fair to say that Robert De Niro is an acting institution; so great is he in some of his performances that one would not hesitate to place him among the best actors of his generation, and even of all...
Spotlight: Michael Fassbender Tori Brazier October 1, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Michael Fassbender – we’ve seen a lot of him (in more ways than one) in what seems like a few short years, but this actor has been working hard as a professional for more than two decades now. He is...
Best Films Never Made #27: Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis David Brake September 16, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features “You see the movies they make now... They just keep making the same one over and over again.” Francis Ford Coppola no longer believes in cinema. Of all the Best Films Never Made projects haunting...
The ORWAV Playlist – September 2015 Calum Baker September 8, 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...
Top 10 Palme d’Or Winners Calum Baker May 22, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Some of the greatest films of all time have shown or been sold at the Cannes Film Festival, and a few of those have also won awards. From acknowledged classics such as Blowup and The Tin Drum, to...
Top 10 Vampire Movies Conor Morgan May 20, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 With the release of the fantastic Iranian vampire film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night finally coming to the UK on May 22nd, it’s high time we took a look at ten of the best vampire films for you to sink...
The ORWAV Playlist – May 2015 Calum Baker May 5, 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...
The Young and Prodigious Xavier Dolan Janz Anton-Iago March 21, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 2 Comments Unless you've recently been binge-watching all of the hot messes involved in Hollywood's Annual Grand Carnival of Self-Congratulation (aka the Oscars), subsequently rendering you incapable of seeing real...
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,...
Best Films Never Made #23: Orson Welles’ Heart of Darkness Ellen Dwyer January 29, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features "Almost we are persuaded that there is something after all ... something essential waiting for all of us in the dark alleys of the world, aboriginally loathsome, immeasurable and certainly nameless." - Orson...
A Beginner’s Guide to… Alternative Cuts Eddie Falvey January 26, 2015 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 1 Comment You might forgive a general consensus that more is better in relation to a film’s running time; with avid fans fawning over myths of extra footage, deleted scenes, and unseen cuts, it is not hard to imagine...