ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2020: #1 – Parasite Jess Goodman December 31, 2020 Analysis, Features, Top 10 The ending of another year is a time that lends itself to reflection. So let’s look back on the good old days, when going to the supermarket didn’t feel like a health hazard, when cinemas were open and...
Why are Filmmakers Falling for Monochrome? Rob Salusbury July 22, 2020 Analysis, Features, Opinion It may feel like a lifetime ago now but it was only back in February when Jane Fonda opened that golden envelope and sent the film world into rapture. The cinematic sensation of 2019, Parasite became the...
Parasite – Review Tom Bond February 7, 2020 Reviews Originally reviewed as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage in May 2019. There’s a lesser version of this film full of simple, signposted twists, broad, caricatured performances, and crude, obvious...
Okja – EIFF 2017 Review L D June 27, 2017 Reviews Pigs make for effective publicity stunts. While filmmakers, artists and activists have purposely exploited the porcine for its political worth, some politicians have found themselves at the centre of a media...
10 Most Exciting Cannes Competition Films 2017 Calum Baker April 14, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Last year's Cannes Film Festival was a real crowdpleaser in terms of headline names: Jim Jarmusch and Nicolas Winding Refn each blew us away, Jeff Nichols made a slow-burning stonker, and Asghar Farhadi...
Scene Stealers: Tilda Swinton in Snowpiercer Phil W. Bayles January 28, 2015 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers "Passengers, eternal order flows from the sacred engine. We must occupy our preordained position. I belong to the front, you belong to the tail. Know your place! Keep your place!" Tilda Swinton has earned a...
