November 2013

The ever-accelerating pace of technological development is literally putting the tools of post- production into the palms of our hands. The dramatic spread of Apple’s iPad has stirred software designers …

Film flows deeply through the blood of editor Christopher Rouse, A.C.E., as a third-generation participant in the industry.

The 1970s were years of change for me. I was pregnant with my first child and struggling with the decision to either give up a career that I had worked …

The very title of this book makes its basic premise dubious.

The canvas of The Right Stuff (1983) is rightly thought of as large — Herculean, even. In recounting the history of America’s valiant test pilots and astronauts, writer-director Philip Kaufman’s …

The early silent film Traffic in Souls (1913) remains just as timely as when it was released 100 years ago. The sex slave trade today operates with the same methodology …

Editors and assistant editors, Guild members and non-members alike, came to participate in a lively conversation about the labor that goes into crafting compelling stories from raw footage.

Letters regarding corrections as well as general praise.

Forty years in show biz. I’m so grateful for all the good times. The bad times? They just happened and I’ve stopped trying to explain them.

Fifteen years ago, if you told Jen Monnar that she would one day work as a music editor on films directed by the likes of Marc Webb, Neil LaBute, and …