ORWAV’s Top 20 Films of 2018: #1 – Phantom Thread J B Queree December 31, 2018 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Phantom Thread eludes being pinned down, with beguiling mastery. From the word go, you are never quite sure where it is heading, or exactly what sort of film you are watching, but – much like leading lady...
Punch-Drunk Love: Adam Sandler’s Redemption Conor Morgan November 23, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features To say that Adam Sandler has been poorly received by critics over the years would be something of an understatement. Jack and Jill currently holds the record for the most Razzie awards won in a single night,...
Junun – Review Calum Baker October 11, 2015 Reviews First off: this is not a documentary about, or ode to, Jonny Greenwood – he’s barely in it. Instead, Anderson constructs a largely wordless impressionistic illustration through music, played live...
ORWAV Essays: Paul Thomas Anderson – Master of Madness Eddie Falvey February 5, 2015 Analysis, Close-Up, Features There is a moment in Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film, Inherent Vice - a frenetic, dope-fuelled odyssey based upon Thomas Pynchon’s novel - in which Joaquin Phoenix’s drug-addled private eye Doc...
A Beginner’s Guide to…Paul Thomas Anderson Patrick Taylor February 16, 2014 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 1 Comment When it comes to directors in Western cinema over the last twenty years, Paul Thomas Anderson is without equal. Coming from a long line of American filmmakers who burst suddenly onto the scene and went from...