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 […]
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Epic Dreamer: An Akira Kurosawa Profile (Part 1)
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 […]
Superhero Showdown 2010: Iron Man 2 vs Kick-Ass vs Jonah Hex
Seconds out… welcome to the 2nd annual Superhero Showdown! LAST TIME OUT 2009 was all about Marvel pulling away from DC Comics in the race for big-screen superhero superiority after a hard fought 2008 in which Marvel’s Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk slugged it out with The Dark Knight. Last summer the House of […]
Freakishly Clever: A Tim Burton Profile (Part 3)
Trevor Hogg profiles the career of filmmaker Tim Burton in the third of a four part feature… read part one and part two. Taking a cue from previous blockbuster disaster pictures, Tim Burton assembled a cast of celebrities for his black comedy about an alien space invasion. Mars Attacks! (1996) featured Jack Nicholson (Easy Rider) […]
Five Essential… Films of Ridley Scott
Gary Collinson selects his Five Essential Films of Ridley Scott… In a journey that’s taken him from South Shields to Hollywood, Ridley Scott has earned a reputation as one of the most accomplished visual filmmakers working today. The founder of advertising agency Ridley Scott Associates (responsible for the classic 1974 Hovis advert) and production company […]
Freakishly Clever: A Tim Burton Profile (Part 2)
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), […]
63rd British Academy Film Awards – The Hurt Locker wins big
The biggest night in the British film industry took place in London’s Royal Opera House tonight as the 63rd annual BAFTA ceremony honoured outstanding achievement in film from 2009. Carrying British hopes for glory was coming-of-age drama An Education (dir. Lone Scherfig), tied with Hollywood heavyweights Avatar (dir. James Cameron) and The Hurt Locker (dir. […]
Absurdity & Carnage: A Coen Brothers Profile (Part 4)
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 […]
Absurdity & Carnage: A Coen Brothers Profile (Part 3)
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 […]
Absurdity & Carnage: A Coen Brothers Profile (Part 2)
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 […]