DIRECTING ‘BEN-HUR’ –
INTERVIEW WITH TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV

It’s never an easy path for a kid who falls in love with movies and spends their whole life wanting to be a director. For every Peter Jackson, Edgar Wright or Gareth Edwards there are countless more we never hear from. But spare a thought for Russian director Timur Bekmambetov. Interview by Drew Turney While Jackson… Continue reading DIRECTING ‘BEN-HUR’ –
INTERVIEW WITH TIMUR BEKMAMBETOV

WHEN SIZE DOES MATTER

If you’ve ever worked in stop-motion animation or created practical effects for a film, then you’ll understand some of the process that goes into building miniature models and their tiny life-like sets. Interview by Nicole Boyd The hours spent designing and creating each set-piece translates into them becoming their own fully fledged works of art. Often snapped up by… Continue reading WHEN SIZE DOES MATTER