Features
Road Warriors: How the Editing Team of ‘Beef’ Delved Into Identity, Conflict — and Karaoke
“I started to recognize that this was a portrait of Korean Americans and Asian Americans in general that we hadn’t seen before.”
Features
Cover Story
Reality Check: New Unscripted Workers Peer Group Boosts Connection and Support
“Our events have been a great way for us to increase engagement with our membership as well as reach people who aren’t yet in the union and still have questions.”
Features
Cathy’s Column: Member Surveys Pave Way for Basic Agreement Talks in 2024
The goal is to build a platform that will provide members with an opportunity to make sure your priorities are identified and to help engage and educate all of you around the detailed facets of those issues, as well as building alliances with other locals who share in our goals.
Departments
Cathy Repola: Understanding the MPI Plans is Key to Our Future
A brief overview of the 2021 year-end financial highlights of the MPI Plans
Around the Guild
Fired Up: Young Workers Session Helps Deepen Members’ Engagement
The mission of the event was to bring the Guild’s newest members of all ages into the fold with “a warm embrace and with a thorough understanding of their worth and what it means to be union strong,” said volunteer Génesis Henriquez. “Events such as this showcase the commitment our membership has to the growth and betterment of each generation of worker so that they feel supported in advocating for themselves and others.”
Features
How Conrad Buff Made History Come Alive in the Post-Slavery Drama ‘Emancipation’
“History is seductive for me.”
Features
How Scott Morris Reunited with Director James Gray for Period Drama ‘Armageddon Time’
From Francois Truffaut to George Lucas to Paul Thomas Anderson, moviemakers have always plumbed their own lives for source material.
Cover Story
Hollywood ‘Babylon’: How the Post-Production Team Brought the 1920s Back to Life
“It may be the hardest movie I’ve ever worked on.”
Features
75 Best Edited Films: By the Numbers
The 75 Best Edited Films’ years of release range from the 1920s to the 2010s — with 3 titles each in both of those decades. Most of the films cited are from the 1970s (17), followed by the ‘90s (16), the ‘60s (13), the ‘50s (8), the ‘00s (7), the ‘80s (5) and the ‘40s (3). Curiously, there were no films chosen from the 1930s.
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.
