ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #80-61 Calum Baker December 13, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 At its very best, cinema not only influences its audience but changes the very medium around it; a great film builds itself as it plays, showing you how to view it and redefining itself in real time. And this...
Spotlight: Taika Waititi Ellena Zellhuber-McMillan October 24, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight On October 23, Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok will premiere. As a fellow Kiwi, it has been fascinating to watch the world embrace Waititi. His talent is undeniable. I have already written a love letter to...
ORWAV Oscars 2017 – The Nominations Tom Bond February 21, 2017 Analysis, Features, One Off Just like the real Oscars are more useful as a barometer of Hollywood’s taste than as a marker of quality, the ORWAV Oscars 2017 are a fascinating insight into what makes us tick. Most interestingly of...
Top 20 Films of 2016: 2. Hunt For The Wilderpeople Louise Burrell December 30, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Writer-director (and occasional actor) Taika Waititi has made himself a nice little niche in the last ten years, creating New Zealand-centric films with universal appeal. Usually honing in on characters...
Music of the Movies: Leonard Cohen Rachel Brook November 15, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies Spoiler warning: This article features spoilers to the 2011 film Take This Waltz and 2016’s Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Following Friday morning’s sad news of the death of genius singer-songwriter, poet...
Hunt For The Wilderpeople – Review Kambole Campbell September 17, 2016 Reviews When protagonist Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) points out "it's just like Lord of the Rings," as he and his grumpy "uncle" Hec (Sam Neill) hide from the disproportionate amount of armed troops hunting them,...
