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Peter H. Morris
Peter Morris is the film editor of HeadStuff as well as writer, reviewer and freelance cameraman and editor. He graduated with a BA in Film and Documentary from GMIT, where he specialised in film theory, directing and documentary production. Peter has worked with various film and television production companies during his time in Ireland and while living abroad in New Zealand such as TV3, Production Shed and TED Talks. He has directed a number of short films, and his documentary Takin Care of Business was shown as part of the 2010 Galway International Film Fleadh. He has a passion for the art of visual storytelling, both as a medium of entertainment and an instrument of change.
It's hard to see what the cultural impact of the third film in the Die Hard series really is. 25 years later and it's likely the majority of people think its a perfectly fine action film, many think its reasonable way to pass 2 hours, many…
The Second East Asia Film Festival Ireland | A Preview of this Year’s Wonderful Line Up
The Second East Asia Film Festival Ireland returns to the IFI this April and features a huge range of eclectic films from Japan, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. Along with a great weekend of screenings the festival…
An Interview with Irish Film Maker Sean Clancy on his First Feature Locus of Control
Leitrim based film maker Sean Clancy has been quietly making waves in the short film and music video scene over the past few years. Shot in 2016, his first feature Locus of Control is a dramatic step up from the short form to the long and…
Hou Hsiao Hsien | An Interview with the Cannes Winning Director on Storytelling, Cinema and Taiwan
Winner of the Best Director at Cannes, winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, nominated for the Palme D'Or at Cannes on 7 separate occasions, Hou Hsiao Hsien is one of the most accomplished and highly regarded film makers of…
The Best Films of 2016 | A List of Hidden Gems
2016 has certainly been a year to remember both on the screen and off. But while Trump was rallying up a storm in America, and Rogue One were taking down empires in a galaxy far, far away, 2016 produced some great films that may have went…
Oscar Watch | Why The Big Short Should Win Best Picture
The eight Best Picture nominees at this year's Oscars are all superb examples of film at its peak. The most striking element of the category is the range of styles and the variation of genres. We have cold war thrillers, emigration…
The Showreel | 39 [Featuring Suicide Squad and Daniel Radcliffe’s Farting Corpse]
Film News "The Longest Fart Joke in Film History" Swiss Army Man made its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this week, and the reaction was, erm, mixed. The film stars Paul Dano as a stranded survivor on a remote island. The film also…
The Showreel | 38 [Featuring The Oscar Nominations, Alan Rickman, and High-Rise]
Our round-up of film news includes a look at the all-important Oscar Nominations, a trailer for a new Werner Herzog documentary as well as a look at Ben Wheatley's highly-anticipated adaptation of JG Ballard's High Rise. It's The…
The Worst Films of 2015
Well, here we are at the end of 2015 and it has been another magnificent year for film, both in terms of great films, and huge box office returns. Here we look back at some of the worst, and some of the most contentious from 2015. Thanks to…
The Best Films of 2015
Well, here we are at the end of 2015 and it has been another magnificent year for film, both in terms of great films, and huge box office returns. Here we look back at the best films of 2015 and some of the great films that may have went…