Features
The Heart of ‘Saturday Night’: Bringing Back Memories of the Origin of ‘SNL’
By Peter Tonguette Chaos, commotion, contention, and a whole lot of comedy converged on the night of October 11, […]
Articles by Peter Tonguette
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: George Folsey Jr., Editor of ‘Meet Me in St. Louis’ and ‘Adam’s Rib’
JANUARY 17, 1939–DECEMBER 29, 2024 Picture editor George Folsey, Jr., ACE was perhaps fated to go into the movie […]
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‘They Love Porky’: Editor Nick Simotas on New Looney Tunes Film ‘The Day the Earth Blew Up’
By Peter Tonguette Daffy Duck and Porky Pig might not sound like the calmest, most congenial, or most coherent […]
Book Reviews
Notes on Editing: Steve Hullfish Talks to Top Picture Editors in His Latest Book
By Peter Tonguette Interview books with filmmakers constitute a full-fledged literary subgenre, but among all of the one-on-one conversations that […]
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Peter C. Frank, Picture Editor of ‘The Verdict’ and Other Films
January 17, 1943–August 19, 2024 Like any legal drama worth its salt, Sidney Lumet’s 1982 masterpiece “The Verdict” takes into […]
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‘One of Them Days’: Editor Tia Nolan Unpacks All the Cuts in Lawrence Lamont’s Sleeper Hit
By Peter Tonguette Picture editor Tia Nolan, ACE, knows comedy. Nolan was introduced to the craft of cutting comedies […]
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: John F. Burnett, Editor of ‘The Way We Were’ and ‘Goodbye Girl’
MARCH 5, 1934–OCTOBER 24, 2024 As a veteran of Old Hollywood and a pioneer of New Hollywood, picture editor John […]
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Manfred “Manny” Kirchheimer, Longtime Editor and Educator
MARCH 2, 1931–JULY 16, 2024 Manny Kirchheimer contained multitudes: He was a filmmaker, an educator, a mentor, a friend, a […]
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Jesse Goldsmith on Editing Time (a Lot of It) and Space in Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Here’
“When the movie was originally described to me before I read the script, it sounded like it was almost going to be in a single shot.”
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: A Trio of New Books Excavates Some Big Movies from the 1980s
Happily, there’s gold to be found on nearly every page of this engaging book.
