Web Exclusives
A Hairy Edit: Joel Negron Talks Post-Production on Feature Hit ‘Cocaine Bear’
“It’s a bizarre, violent, funny movie, and, yes, it is exactly what I signed up for.”
Articles by Peter Tonguette
Features
How the Editors Behind HBO’s ‘White House Plumbers’ Helped Retell the Watergate Story
More than five decades after Watergate, Hunt and Liddy’s plotting, planning, and law-breaking can come across as darkly humorous, but director David Mandel emphasized the unique mix of comedy and drama that came to define the show.
Departments
In Memoriam: Mike Hill, Picture Editor
MARCH 24, 1949–JAN. 5, 2023 Picture editor Mike Hill, ACE, who died on Jan. 5 at the age of 73, […]
Features
Sounds Unsettling: Skip Lievsay and Paul Urmson Talk About ‘Don’t Worry Darling’
“Olivia loved low-frequency sounds.”
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Tucker Wiard, Picture Editor
NOVEMBER 10, 1941–AUGUST 28, 2022 Picture editor Tucker Wiard, ACE, loved editing. On classic network television series ranging from “The […]
Features
Matthew Hannam on Editing ‘White Noise’ and Managing the Jump from Page to Screen
“The second you put your neck out and do something on your own, you could die. I think that’s a really salient concept.”
Features
On the Road Again: Editor Paul Hirsch Remembers ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’
By Peter Tonguette Neal Page and Del Griffith are on the road again. The famous cinematic odd couple — amusingly […]
Web Exclusives
Bob & Me: A 20-Year Friendship With ‘Five Easy Pieces’ Auteur Bob Rafelson, 1933-2022
By Peter Tonguette For 18 years, on and off, the director of “Five Easy Pieces” (1970) and “The King […]
Cover Story
High Crimes: How the Editing Team Resurrected the Drama of Watergate in ‘Gaslit’
How the Editing Team Resurrected Watergate in ‘Gaslit
Web Exclusives
Editor Jon Poll on Finding the Laughs and the Heart in the New ‘Father of the Bride’
“This is what is really satisfying about the film: Your guard is let down by the humor, and you don’t expect that you’re going to have as emotional an experience in the end as you do.”
