Trevor Hogg profiles the career of Academy Award-winning British director Danny Boyle in the first of a two-part feature… “I come from a very ordinary, working class family in Manchester,” explained British filmmaker Danny Boyle. “It was a very strict Catholic family. I was an altar boy for eight years. I am supposed to be […]

Following his Academy Award nomination for Best Director on The King’s Speech, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of British filmmaker Tom Hooper in the second of a two part feature… read part one here. Expecting to do a film about Katharine Graham, the legendary publisher of The Washington Post, British director Tom Hooper found his […]

Following his Academy Award nomination for Best Director on The King’s Speech, Trevor Hogg profiles the career of British filmmaker Tom Hooper in the first of a two-part feature… “I fell in love with directing at the age of twelve, at prep school in Highgate,” stated British filmmaker Tom Hooper who as a student came […]

Concluding our Peter Weir Blogathon, Trevor Hogg explores the making of the acclaimed filmmaker’s latest epic, The Way Back… In my quest to learn more about The Way Back, a World War II prison escape and survival epic, I spoke to two cinematic artists who have an unwavering sense of loyalty and respect for their […]

The Way Back, 2010. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Jim Sturgess, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Saoirse Ronan, Mark Strong, Dragoş Bucur, Alexandru Potocean, Sebastian Urzendowsky and Gustaf Skarsgård. SYNOPSIS: A small group of multi-national prisoners escape from a Siberian gulag in 1940 and attempt an epic journey across five hostile countries. Leaving behind the high […]

Trevor Hogg continues his Peter Weir retrospective with a look at his Academy Award-nominated twelfth feature… Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 2003. Directed by Peter Weir. Starring Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Billy Boyd, James D’Arcy, Edward Woodall, Chris Larkin and Max Pirkis. SYNOPSIS: An embattled British Naval Captain, Jack Aubrey, seeks […]

Continuing our Peter Weir Blogathon, Trevor Hogg chats with film editor Lee Smith and cinematographer Russell Boyd about their experiences working with the acclaimed director… Although he had not made a film since the seafaring Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), internationally acclaimed director Peter Weir had no trouble recruiting willing […]

Richard J. Moir selects his Five Essential Jim Carrey Films… 5. The Mask (1994, dir. Chuck Russell) The Mask is a perfect example of Jim Carrey’s slapstick comedy. The way his body moves and bends in this ’94 classic showed what he was capable of. While transformed as the Mask, Carrey had lots of room […]

Richard J. Moir selects his Five Essential Japanese Horrors… 5. Audition (1999, dir. Takashi Miike) Audition is a Japanese horror film but you wouldn’t think it from the opening hour. It plays as more of a romantic drama with hints of comedy (mainly coming through the actual audition scene) and leaves the audience wondering what […]

Richard J. Moir selects his Five Essential Films of Jean-Pierre Jeunet… 5. The City of Lost Children (1995) Dark, stylish and quirky as anything you’ve ever seen before, this is a truly original film. In a futuristic city, a scientist named Krank uses the help of his clones to kidnap children and steal their dreams, […]