Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the second of a four part feature… read part one. “After the Pacific War, a great deal of noise began to be made about freedom of speech, and almost immediately abuses and loss of self-control ensued,” recollected acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa of life in Post-WWII […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa in the first of a four part feature… “I was a struggling young painter,” recalled legendary moviemaker Akira Kurosawa, “I saw a newspaper advertisement, PCL [Photo Chemical Laboratories], which later became Toho Studios, wanted an assistant director. They asked applicants to write essays on the basic […]

Trevor Hogg celebrates the centenary of internationally renowned filmmaker Akira Kurosawa… Born a century ago on March 23, 1910 was an artist who had the ability to cinematically blend Japanese culture with Western storytelling, allowing him to craft an enduring legend. “I am a man who likes Sotatsu, Gyokudo, and Tessai in the same way […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Tim Burton in the second of a four part feature… read part one. As a high school student, Tim Burton came up with a story concept which would serve as the basis for Edward Scissorhands (1990). A creator (Vincent Price) dies before he can complete Edward (Johnny Depp), […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Tim Burton in the first of a four part feature… Growing up in Burbank, California, Tim Burton found himself living in a suffocating environment. “There’s something about suburbia,” stated the American filmmaker of his childhood home, “it’s really a place to hide. Or people use it as a […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the careers of filmmaking siblings the Coen brothers in the fourth of a four part feature… read parts one, two and three. Working once again with celebrity actor George Clooney, Joel and Ethan Coen found themselves being accused of having “gone Hollywood” with the release of Intolerable Cruelty in 2003. Morally compromised […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the careers of filmmaking siblings the Coen brothers in the third of a four part feature… read parts one and two. Combining a case of a mistaken identity with a staged kidnapping, the Coen brothers produced a film which has established its own cult following – The Big Lebowski. “The narrative is […]

Trevor Hogg profiles the careers of filmmaking siblings the Coen brothers in the second of a four part feature… read part one here. Midway through the writing of the script for Miller’s Crossing, Joel and Ethan Coen attempted to break their creative impasse by composing another story about a playwright suffering from writers’ block. Motivated […]

Falling into the “what might have been?” category, The LA Times has revealed that Tom Hooper was offered the chance to follow up his Academy Award-winning drama The King’s Speech by stepping into Jon Favreau’s shoes for Iron Man 3. Hooper ultimately declined the offer, paving the way for Robert Downey Jr. to reunite with […]

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 […]