Columns
Popcorn, Dailies and Guinness: John Sayles on the Making of ‘Secret of Roan Inish’
Since making his first independent film, “The Return of the Secaucus Seven,” Sayles has established a unique relationship with the industry.
Year: 2019
Web Exclusives
Christopher Tellefsen Explains the ‘Badass’ Editing in ‘The Kitchen’ Starring Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish
“We very consciously wanted to create the late Seventies in Hell’s Kitchen, which was massively dirty. It was loud and it was nasty.”
Columns
Whisky, Sax and Darth Vader: How Phil McGowan Dressed Up His Home Mixing Bay
McGowan has tricked out his home mixing bay with various mementos from his past, including the old audio equipment he used to learn his craft, his diploma from Boston’s fabled Berklee College of Music and an impressive collection of Scotch whisky he acquired during his travels.
Web Exclusives
Alfred Hitchcock’s Secret Censorship Battles and How They Changed Film History
The director fought censors on both sides of the Atlantic from the start of his career to the very last.
Departments
Why Trump’s Labor Board is So Scared of Scabby the Rat
Five years ago, I began a relationship with an unlikely companion.
Committee News
LGBTQ Guild Members See Progress, and Room for Improvement, in Industry Anti-Discrimination Efforts
“My mother had a tough time at first. She said, ‘You’ve had 22 years to figure this out, and you’ve given me five minutes. So give me some time.’”
Columns
Andrew Davis’ ‘The Fugitive’
At my high school, admission to advanced placement (AP) classes was by invitation only. I tried four times to be admitted into AP English. The head of the department, a sour and exhausted woman named Ms. Gallagher, eventually told me, “I wouldn’t feel good about myself if I encouraged you to pursue something at which you won’t succeed.”
Columns
Ron Bochar on ‘Angels in America’
In 2003, after sound editor, sound designer and re-recording mixer Ron Bochar, CAS, completed work on Mike Nichols’ miniseries Angels in America, he felt good about what he and his sound colleagues had accomplished. He felt so good, in fact, that part of him wished he could simply call it a career.
Guild
Guild Announces Three LA Hires
The Editors Guild is pleased to announce three new hires in its Hollywood headquarters.
Book Reviews
A screenwriter walks into an edit suite…
The back cover of Writing for the Cut: Shaping Your Script for Cinema asks the potential reader, “Will you make the cut?” The copy goes on to declare — in a line sure to appeal to anyone working in post-production — “Editing Is What Makes a Movie.” This is not a new idea, but Greg Loftin is the first to write a guide that clearly outlines how a screenwriter, as he sits at the computer, can and should consider what the editor will find when she sits at hers.
