Features
Out of Omaha: How a Childhood Movie Fascination Led to a Career
By Matt McFarland When I was g rowing up in Omaha, Nebraska, during the ’70s and ’80s, movies were […]
Columns
Features
‘So Glad You’re Here’: Sharing Mom’s Last Days with ‘The Incredibles’
It’s an all-time personal favorite. It was also the last movie I watched with my mom. […]
Book Reviews
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 […]
Columns
Words Like Bullets: How ‘Sweet Smell’ Met with Success
Why ‘Sweet Smell’ Succeeded […]
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: How a 1941 Disney Animators’ Strike Changed Hollywood
By Betsy McLane Jake Friedman deserves a rousing hurrah for writing “The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s […]
Union Made
Union Made: How a Trailer Editor Got Her Start
By Thea Huang I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. As a kid, I enjoyed playing sports — basketball […]
Tail Pop
Coming Out: Growing up with ‘Saving Face’
By Donna J. Choo I grew up in Hawai‘i, on the island of O‘ahu, where my moviegoing love began at […]
Union Made
Union Made: The ‘USC Mafia’ and How It Advanced One Editor’s Career
A long, long time ago, in 1976, I was a grad student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and learned the craft of film editing. I edited an award-winning short, “F.N.G.”, which led to a teaching assistant position working with an Oscar-winning professor. […]
Columns
Kiss Me, Deadly: The Life Lessons of Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’
One of my earliest memories is of my mother taking me into Manhattan from Brooklyn one gloomy morning, on a subway train crossing the East River. […]
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Kill the Documentary’ Takes Aim at an Old Art Form
A new book takes aim at the art of documentary from a critical, leftist viewpoint. […]
