Tail Pop
Ronald Neame’s ‘The Poseidon Adventure’
The emergency lights flickered on and off. I found myself 30 feet in the air hanging onto the edge of a railing. […]
Month: July 2014
Book Reviews
Learn the Craft, But Don’t Overlook the Art
It’s not that ‘Grammar of the Edit’ is wrong. It is just incomplete. […]
Getting Organized
Comedy Is Hard. But Flipping Ain’t Easy Either
Connotations to the contrary notwithstanding, “flipping” ain’t easy. […]
This Quarter in Film History
Les Beatles Nouvelle Vague: A Hard Day For Night
It is hard to believe now, but in the early 1960s, the young, long-haired Liverpudlian lads John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr (known collectively as the Beatles) were considered to be an insidious force, challenging British as well as American stereotypes of youthful masculinity, just as their distinctive, infectious “beat music” threatened to take over the pop charts of both countries. […]
Features
Working Their Way Back to You: The Four Seasons Return, Via ‘Jersey Boys’
his summer, the debut of his latest film emphasizes the music-appreciation side of Eastwood as never before. […]
My Most Memorable Film
Tom Fleischman on ‘GoodFellas’
Almost 25 years after its premiere, GoodFellas (1990) is still a shocking movie about organized crime. […]
Features
Raising Editors: The ACE Internship Program
For over two decades, the American Cinema Editors (ACE) has sponsored the ACE Internship Program to help bring motivated individuals into the editing profession. […]
Features
Plugged-In for Picture: What Film Editors Are Using
In the MAY-JUN 14 issue of CineMontage, writer Mel Lambert surveyed sound designers, sound editors and supervising sound editors about the Digital Audio Workstation add-ons that they use to get the job done. In this issue, we’ve asked picture editors what their plug-in choices are. […]
OP / EDIT
Exit Stage Seven? Compartmentalizing Our Emerging Selves
Would you try to change your essential being? Well, in effect that’s precisely what’s being asked of us as editors, and the solution is to apply a rigorous course of treatment. […]
Features
Foster The People
Television has its own way of telling stories, on screen and in the cutting room.
