ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2020: #2 – Portrait of a Lady on Fire Scott Wilson December 31, 2020 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Released less than a month before the UK entered lockdown, Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a memory from the Before Times. Not only is it about so much of what has been taken from us this year, but the film...
Top 10 Movie Moments of 2020… So Far Tom Bond June 30, 2020 Analysis, Features, Top 10 2020 has been a year to forget for many reasons. But today we’re here to focus on the positives. Even with only three months of cinema-going under our belts, the amount of incredible movie moments is as high...
Céline Sciamma, Water Lilies, and the Complications of Youthful Desire Nick Davie May 11, 2020 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Céline Sciamma is having a moment. Following the 2019 festival debut and this year's cinematic release ofPortrait of a Lady on Fire, she is currently the subject of Mubi UK's 'Focus on' retrospective. This...
Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Review Tom Bond February 13, 2020 Reviews Originally reviewed as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage in May 2019. Portraying someone in a work of art inevitably means gathering intimate details about their life. The way they blush when...
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...
