Trevor Hogg continues his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at the director’s fifth feature and final Australian film… The Year of Living Dangerously, 1982. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Michael Murphy, Linda Hunt, Bill Kerr, Noel Ferrier and Bembol Roco. SYNOPSIS: In 1965, Indonesia is embroiled in a civil war […]

Continuing our Peter Weir Blogathon, Trevor Hogg chats with Academy Award-winning cinematographer Russell Boyd… Checking the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) I was surprised to find that Oscar-winning cinematographer Russell Boyd was listed with sixty-one production credits. “[Every year] since the mid 70s through the 80s and early 90s I would often do two pictures and […]

Trevor Hogg continues his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at the director’s fourth feature… Gallipoli, 1981. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Mark Lee, Mel Gibson, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins, Charles Yunupingu and Heath Harris. SYNOPSIS: Gallipoli evolves around the growing relationship between two runners whose destiny with death takes them to the Turkish battlefield […]

127 Hours, 2010. Directed by Danny Boyle. Starring James Franco, Kate Mara, Amber Tamblyn, Clémence Poésy and Lizzy Caplan. SYNOPSIS: A mountain climber becomes trapped under a boulder and is forced to resort to desperate measures in order to survive. Danny Boyle has returned to the big screen after his Oscar hogging success with Slumdog […]

Trevor Hogg continues his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at the acclaimed director’s third feature… The Last Wave, 1977. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray and Nandjiwarra Amagula. SYNOPSIS: An Australian attorney defends a group of aborigines who are charged with killing one of their […]

Love and Other Drugs, 2010. Directed by Edward Zwick. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Katheryn Winnick, Hank Azaria and Oliver Platt. SYNOPSIS: Flirtatious Viagra salesman Jamie (Gyllenhaal) meets his match when he is confronted by the alluring free spirit Maggie (Hathaway), who has a secret that will test their love to its limits. Being ill […]

The Director’s Guild of America have released the shortlist for their coveted DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2010, which could give us some indication of the contenders for the Best Director Oscar when the Academy Award nominations are unveiled on January 25th. The nominees, presented in alphabetical order, are as […]

Trevor Hogg continues his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at his internationally acclaimed second film… Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child, Anne-Louise Lambert, Jacki Weaver and Tony Llewellyn-Jones. SYNOPSIS: At the turn of the twentieth century a group of Australian schoolgirls vanish […]

Gary Collinson discusses the possibilities for the Batman movie franchise after Christopher Nolan makes his Gotham swan song with The Dark Knight Rises… On July 20th, 2012 director Christopher Nolan will deliver the third and final instalment in his Batman trilogy with the release of The Dark Knight Rises, the highly-anticipated follow-up to Batman Begins […]

Trevor Hogg begins his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at the Australian film-maker’s debut feature… The Cars That Ate Paris, 1974. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Max Gillies and Bruce Spence. SYNOPSIS: Residents in the mysterious Australian Outback town of Paris redirect passing traffic with the […]