J. A. Bayona

  • Movie News

Two Against the World: Watch the Mothers and Sons of J.A. Bayona’s Films Face Life’s Hardships Side By Side (Video)

Since he burst onto the international moviemaking scene in 2007, J.A. Bayona has never shied away from injecting sentimentality into…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Children in Peril: Why A Monster Calls Director J. A. Bayona is All About Intensity

J. A. Bayona is best known for children-in-jeopardy-themed films: the Guillermo del Toro-produced horror movie The Orphanage (2007), and The…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Scant Screentime, Huge Impact: Liam Neeson Looms Large in A Monster Calls and Silence

Liam Neeson is having a big week. First up, he voices a benevolent but scary monster in the form of…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

Zurich Film Festival 2016: Five Days of Towering Cinema, Landscapes – and Prices

The flatscreen television in my hotel room greets me with a crawl of text across the top of the screen.…

8 years ago
  • Festivals

Toronto International Film Festival 2016: Top Talent Shine in Our TIFF Gallery

Photographer Fabrice Dall'Anese was MovieMaker's man on the ground at the 41st Toronto International Film Festival, which ran September 8-18…

8 years ago
  • Screenwriting

First Draft: Lessons in Screenplay Plants and Payoffs from Chinatown and The Orphanage

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, "First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “Bad for glass,” says private eye…

8 years ago