Behind the Scenes
Affonso Gonçalves Talks Editing Todd Haynes’ Drama ‘May December’
“I can’t pick sides. That’s the great thing about being an editor.”
Month: January 2024
Behind the Scenes
Past Production: How the ‘Maestro’ Team Recreated the Music – and Marriage – of Leonard Bernstein
“The whole goal was: ‘How do we keep Lenny’s heartbeat and human nature alive through the whole thing?’”
Book Reviews
Book Review: How ‘The Exorcist’ Became THE Monster Horror Hit of the Early 1970s
The late filmmaker William Friedkin was fond of describing his 1973 horror masterpiece “The Exorcist” as being a meditation on “the mystery of faith.”
Features
IN MEMORIAM: Arthur Schmidt, Editor of ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Forrest Gump,’ 1937-2023
For director Robert Zemeckis, Schmidt was the editor of, among other classic films, the “Back to the Future” trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), “Forrest Gump” (1994), and “Contact” (1997). He won two Oscars during his multi-decade partnership with Zemeckis: for “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” (1988) and for “Forrest Gump.”
Features
Dancing Into History: Emmy Winner Stephanie Filo on Dance, Editing, and Life
By Kristin Marguerite Doidge Emmy Award-winning picture editor Stephanie Filo, ACE, has found herself at the center of several […]
Features
Cathy’s Column: As the New Year Begins, Now It’s Our Turn to Stand Up for Ourselves
There is momentum now for us to achieve some tangible changes for our members and we must come in willing to fight and hold our ground.
