White Noise – Review Tom Bond December 2, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in September 2022 as part of our Venice Film Festival coverage. Don DeLillo’s novel White Noise (1985) depicts an era where the relative security of Western middle class...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2020: #3 – Little Women Anahit Behrooz December 30, 2020 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Editor note - While Little Women was released on the 26th December 2019 in the UK, due to time constraints our group of writers did not get the chance to vote for it in last year's Top 20. For that reason, we...
ORWAV Oscars 2020 – The Results Tom Bond February 9, 2020 Analysis, Features, One Off Not to brag, but we had a pretty great set of nominations for the ORWAV Oscars this year. We took the Academy's top picks enhanced them with some underappreciated gems, especially of the uncut variety. So...
ORWAV Oscars 2020: The Nominations Tom Bond February 3, 2020 Analysis, Features, One Off Oscars season has arrived early this year, and with it comes one of the most eclectic sets of nominees we've seen in quite some time. Big hitters include a long-take (not one-take) WWI film, a serious...
Little Women – Review Ben Flanagan December 27, 2019 Reviews Walking out of Little Women, it's hard to think that a more perfect adaptation of an already perfect novel exists. Sense and Sensibility (1995) and The Age of Innocence (1993) perhaps come close, but neither...
Why Every Generation Needs its Own Little Women Alex Goldstein August 13, 2019 Analysis, By The Book, Features Every generation gets its own adaptation of Little Women, and here is ours, with its first trailer released today. But just how well has Greta Gerwig cast her adaptation compared to past...
ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2018: #4 – Lady Bird Tom Bond December 28, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 There’s a line in a song I think about a lot. I think it might be true. You can change your clothes/ Change your hairstyle, your friends, cities, continents/ But sooner or later your own self will always...
How Young Adult Shook Up the Mainstream Rachel Brook May 2, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia This Friday will deliver Tully, a drama about motherhood from the stunning team of director Jason Reitman, writer Diablo Cody and actress Charlize Theron. Reitman and Cody, of course, first worked together on...
Isle of Dogs – Review Joni Blyth March 31, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 19/02/18 as part of Berlinale Festival. It’s hard to decide which elements of Isle of Dogs are the definitive "perfect fit" for Wes Anderson. Obviously Fantastic Mr....
Isle of Dogs – Berlinale 2018 Review Joni Blyth February 19, 2018 Reviews It’s hard to decide which elements of Isle of Dogs are the definitive "perfect fit" for Wes Anderson. Obviously Fantastic Mr. Fox has already proven that stop-motion and anthropomorphic animal antics gel...
Lady Bird – Review Jack Blackwell February 16, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 15/10/17 as part of London Film Festival. Though Greta Gerwig has had plentiful scripting experience to complement her always exciting acting career, Lady Bird marks...
Greta Gerwig vs. the Manic Pixie Dream Girl Rhys Handley February 15, 2018 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Raised on a diet of Penny Lane, Ramona Flowers and Summer Finn, boys do not stand a chance when it comes to perceiving the unseen depths and desires of the women in their lives. If every girl who hangs with...
Saoirse Ronan: Innocence and Experience Rachel Brook February 14, 2018 Features, Spotlight 2 Comments Greta Gerwig’s eagerly-anticipated first feature as director, Lady Bird, is finally here on Friday. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, the triple-threat chose not to star in the film herself, yet a cast...
Lady Bird – LFF 2017 Review Jack Blackwell October 15, 2017 Reviews Though Greta Gerwig has had plentiful scripting experience to complement her always exciting acting career, Lady Bird marks her debut in the world of directing (and writing alone). We’re very pleased to...
Your Week In Film: Box Office, Bale, Bettany and Bond Stephen O'Nion September 8, 2017 News 1. Colin Trevorrow out as Star Wars director What is going on at Star Wars towers? A statement, released Wednesday on the official Star Wars website, reports that Colin Trevorrow – he of Jurassic World and...