ORWAV’s Top 100 Films of the 2010s: #40-21 Calum Baker December 15, 2019 Analysis, Features, One Off, Top 10 The ground is littered with fantastic and fascinating titles that just failed to make our top 100 films of the decade: Margaret, Blade Runner 2049, Foxtrot. Somehow Michael Pearce’s “moody”, empty Ramsay...
Oscar Isaac: A Most Vibrant Five Years James Andrews September 13, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight "You've come a very long way in a very short time." So says another character to Oscar Isaac's Abel Morales in A Most Violent Year. The same could well be said about the actor himself. As recently as 2012 you...
Scene Stealers: Adam Driver in Inside Llewyn Davis Carmen Paddock August 23, 2017 Features, Scene Stealers At first glance, the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis is not explicitly a feel-good film. The titular antihero – a down-on-his-luck folk musician in 1960s New York – is bitter about his circumstances...
What Is The Best Coen Brothers Film? Patrick Taylor March 3, 2016 Analysis, Debate, Features This week's release of Hail, Caesar! marks the directorial return of Ethan & Joel Coen. Arguably two of the greatest filmmakers of their generation, the Coens have sprinkled the past three...
Scene Stealers: Carey Mulligan in Inside Llewyn Davis Nick Evan-Cook March 2, 2016 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Jesus Quintana. Anton Chigurh. Osbourne Cox. Most characters played by John Goodman. The entire supporting cast of The Big Lebowski. From sex pests and kidnappers to psychotic murderers and plain...
Spotlight: Carey Mulligan Rachel Brook May 1, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight This May, Carey Mulligan once again returns to the genre that launched her into acting: the period drama. Having brought some of Jane Austen’s most vivid characters to life, Mulligan will now try her hand at...
ORWAV’s Top 20 of 2014: 1. Boyhood Eddie Falvey December 30, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 So here it is, that precious moment you have all been waiting for with bated breath - welcome to One Room With A View’s Number 1 film of 2014; welcome to Richard Linklater’s masterpiece; welcome to...
ORWAV’s Top 20 of 2014: 2. Inside Llewyn Davis Stephen O'Nion December 29, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 1 Comment "If it was never new and it doesn't gets old then it's a folk song." Starting with the music would probably be logical. Reuniting the Coens with producer T-Bone Burnett some fourteen years after O...
Christmas Gift Guide: Arthouse Addict and Sci-Fi Superstar Tom Bond December 14, 2014 Competitions 2 Comments It’s that most wonderful time of the year, full of food and films for all to enjoy, and here at ORWAV we thought we’d do our bit to get you in the Christmas spirit with a gift guide for all your festive...
Top 10 Movie Moments of 2014… So Far Tom Bond June 28, 2014 Analysis, Features, Top 10 1 Comment Here at ORWAV we’re not going to bore you with a Best Films of 2014 round-up just because we’re halfway through the year. Instead, our writers are here to offer something different, with the specific...
Music of the Movies: The Coen Brothers Andy J Smith February 18, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies 1 Comment When it comes to making movies, there are few who can match the careers of writer-director duo Joel and Ethan Coen. Their ability to create new, exciting and enchanting films from across the spectrum of genre...
A Beginner’s Guide To… The Coen Brothers Chris Davies December 10, 2013 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 3 Comments Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen have created critically-acclaimed films in a range of genres for the past thirty years, including The Big Lebowski, Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and No Country for Old...
Inside Llewyn Davis – Review Chris Davies December 9, 2013 Reviews 1 Comment Following their remake of True Grit, auteur siblings Joel and Ethan Coen have found further inspiration from the 1960s with Inside Llewyn Davis. A perfect companion piece to A Serious Man, the Coens'...
Extremely Premature Oscar 2014 Predictions David Brake November 9, 2013 Analysis, Features, One Off 7 Comments With Oscar-buzzed films emerging from the woodwork, it seems it's high time to start making wild predictions months before the ceremony/nominations announcement. We won't do every category just yet as that's...