Witch Doctors – ‘Sabrina’s’ Sound Crew Casts Its Spell
by Mel Lambert • portraits by Martin Cohen Inspired by the Sabrina the Teenage Witch comic book series from Archie Comics […]
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Duck Dynasty – Editing the Fowl Play of Huey, Dewey, Louie and Company
Longtime classic Disney character Donald Duck’s mischievous nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie made their very first appearance 82 years ago in a February 1937 Donald Duck Sunday newspaper comic strip (only three years after Donald himself was created). By October of that year, the triplets had their own strip, Donald’s Nephews, and six months later, in April 1938, the three ducklets made their animated debut in a cartoon short of the same name. […]
Night of the Living Dolls:
The Making of ‘Welcome to Marwen’
‘Welcome to Marwen’ is a Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures feature starring Steve Carell that takes place in the real world, as well as a world populated by dolls. It was released by Universal on December 21. […]
Talking ‘Beale Street’
The Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders Interview
On their first film as co-editors, Joi McMillon, ACE, and Nat Sanders, ACE, made a name for themselves in the independent filmmaking world with the runaway indie hit ‘Moonlight’ (2016), as did their writer-director, Barry Jenkins. […]
Way Down Below the Ocean…
Music Fit for the King of Atlantis
Although they are still in the frenzy of the final mix in early October, co-music editors Paul Rabjohns and J.J. George somehow find time to usher a visitor onto a Warner Bros. mixing stage to discuss their one-year-plus adventure editing the music track for a new superhero epic, James Wan’s ‘Aquaman.’ […]
Wild Was ‘The Wind’
Few directors were more familiar with the pleasures and perils of film editing than Orson Welles. […]
A Justice for All:
Michelle Tesoro Edits ‘On the Basis of Sex’
In a year that’s featured contentious debates over the #MeToo movement, ‘On the Basis of Sex,’ which opens on Christmas Day, is the most timely holiday present imaginable. […]
A Spoonful of Sonics: Immersing ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ in Songs and Sounds
Released in 1964, director Robert Stevenson’s original ‘Mary Poppins,’ starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson and Glynis Johns, set a benchmark in the Walt Disney Studios canon of full-energy musicals. […]
Lee Dichter: Meticulous Mixer, Maestro, Magician, Mensch
When Lee Dichter, CAS, was informed that he would receive the Motion Picture Editors Guild’s 2018 Fellowship and Service Award, it did not take long for the veteran sound re-recording mixer to accept. […]
Sisters Doin’ It for Themselves:
Joe Walker on Editing Distaff Heist Film ‘Widows’
As a teenager growing up in West London in the UK, Joe Walker, ACE, had two interests: music and film. He was in bands, wrote music and mucked about with his parents’ 8mm film gear. […]