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 Peter Tonguette How appealing — and how naïve — it would be to imagine that when a talented group of filmmakers get together to make a movie, they manage …
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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 ReviewsFeatures
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.
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In an absorbing new book, women take their place alongside the most famous Disney writers and animators, including the group referred to by Walt Disney as his “Nine Old Men.”
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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 …
