By Betsy A. McLane For everyone who hopes to become a successful motion picture editor and has questions how to get involved, get started, move from assistant editor to …
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When “talking pictures” took over in the early 1930s, Dorothy Parker was one of the many writers recruited by film studios to meet the needs of sound.
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Book Review: How Siskel & Ebert Became the Most Famous Movie Critics In America
Nostalgic fans of Siskel and Ebert may be the only readers to welcome all this detail.
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BOOK REVIEW: A Deep Dive Into the Secret History of Espionage and Entertainment
By Betsy A. McLane Not all actors and writers are spies, but every spy has a bit of actor and writer in their personality. Although actors usually seek the …
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By Betsy McLane Jake Friedman deserves a rousing hurrah for writing “The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age.” This is an eye-opening book full of many …
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A new book takes aim at the art of documentary from a critical, leftist viewpoint.
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A new book looks at the craft of picture editing from a fresh perspective
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What Directors need to know about editing
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Shooting Midnight Cowboy’ Examines a Classic of Late-1960s Cinema
A New Book Looks at the Tortured Creators – and Editing-Room Nightmare – Behind ‘Midnight Cowboy’
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The early ’60s was a more fertile time for movies than many think.
