Top 20 Films of 2017: #20 to #11 David Brake December 20, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s here! The One Room With A View Top 20 films of 2017 has arrived. If you thought 2017 was a poor year for movies, you didn't watch enough movies. At the very least, you didn't watch the right moves....
ORWAV Oscars 2017 – The Results Tom Bond February 26, 2017 Analysis, Features, One Off Here at ORWAV we're nothing if not cynical trouble-makers, keen to upset some applecarts, rock some boats, and start a revolution. By which we mean that for the ORWAV Oscars 2017, votes have been counted by...
ORWAV’s Oscars Predictions 2017 Calum Baker February 26, 2017 Analysis, Features, One Off Here it is, folks: the night we spend all year preparing for. The nominations for the 89th Academy Awards represent a wonderful mix of styles, voices and perspectives, which is exactly what a good film awards...
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...
Debate: The Winners And Losers of Oscar Nominations 2017 Tom Bond January 24, 2017 Analysis, Debate, Features After two disappointing years of #OscarsSoWhite the Academy have gone some way to improving the diversity of their nominations, with nods for the likes of Denzel Washington, Bradford Young and Barry...
Manchester By The Sea – Review Tom Bond January 14, 2017 Reviews Casey Affleck is Lee, the quiet, unassuming face of Manchester by the Sea. Working as a janitor in snow-crusted Boston he busies himself in the background of other people’s lives. He does his work, he goes...
Scene Stealers: Michelle Williams In Manchester By The Sea Tom Bond January 14, 2017 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers 1 Comment This article contains spoilers for Manchester by the Sea. You should watch it first, for these reasons. Looking at its poster you could be forgiven for thinking Michelle Williams is the co-star of...
Your Week In Film: Golden Globes, Blue Eyes, Pink Elephants Stephen O'Nion January 13, 2017 News 1. Golden Globes love La La Land, Aaron Taylor-Johnson Sunday night saw the 74th Golden Globes roll into town and hand out a whole load of awards to La La Land. Best Motion Picture (Musical/Comedy), Best...
13 Things We Know About The 2017 Oscar Race Calum Baker November 1, 2016 Analysis, Features, One Off OK, so there are more than 13 things we know about the 2017 Oscar race. We know, for instance, all the usual givens such as the 0% chance of Captain America: Civil War being nominated for Best Picture, or...
Manchester by the Sea – LFF 2016 Review Tom Bond October 9, 2016 Reviews Casey Affleck is Lee, the quiet, unassuming face of Manchester by the Sea. Working as a janitor in snow-crusted Boston he busies himself in the background of other people’s lives. He does his work, he goes...
News of the Week – 29th Jan 2016 Eddie Falvey January 29, 2016 News Welcome to what will be a new staple weekly feature for One Room With A View. That's it, ORWAV is doing the news - film news, that is, none of this real life crap. You lucky buggers, you. Here's the...