Features
How Myron Kerstein and His Team Captured the Emotional Highs of ‘In the Heights’
‘In The Heights’ Offers an Emotional Experience – And the Post Team Had to Find Ways to Capture It. […]
film editing
Web Exclusives
Mark Yoshikawa Talks of Editing Terrence Malick, Christopher Guest, and the new ‘Reminiscence’
“Over the course of four films with Terry Malick, I spent a lot of time in Austin. To say we were ‘bunkered down’ during the editing process is probably an understatement.” […]
Book Reviews
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’ […]
Web Exclusives
WSC Panel: How the HBO Mystery ‘Mare of Easttown’ Was Posted Remotely
Amy Duddleston and her crew went to work recutting what had been shot of all of the seven episodes, taking each one through a director’s and a producer’s cut remotely from home in Los Angeles, considering everything from script changes to pandemic concerns in terms of building larger scenes. “We were very lucky because it shaped the show,” she said. […]
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Milton Ginsberg, Documentary Editor and ‘Coming Apart’ Filmmaker, Dies at 85
By Peter Tonguette Milton Moses Ginsberg, a pioneering independent film director who maintained a career-long sideline as a picture […]
Web Exclusives
Allyson Johnson on Editing the New Drama Series ‘The Mosquito Coast’
“Allyson is an extraordinary film editor with the most marvelous sense of musical rhythm that permeates her entire process of cutting and shaping motion picture,” says Mira Nair. […]
Departments
PPASC: How Richard Chew and Other Film Pioneers Raised Asian American Visibility
Asian American picture editors Chew, Lisa Lassek and William Hoy, ACE, discussed their influences, their careers and the cultural experiences that shaped them during a “Celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage Month” Zoom seminar hosted by Edie Ichioka, ACE, on May 15 and presented by MPEG’s Pan Pacific Asian Steering Committee. The panel also deconstructed examples of their work and offered advice to members in the well-received session. […]
Committee News
PPASC: Tom Cross and Ai-Ling Lee Give Master Class on Editing, Career and Life
“It’s not about realism after a certain point. It’s about emotional value.” […]
Web Exclusives
Dody Dorn Edits Zack Snyder’s ‘Army of the Dead’ to Help Kick Off Summer Movie Season
Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead,” which Netflix will release in theaters and via streaming on Friday, merges two seemingly irreconcilable genres: the zombie movie and the heist movie. […]
Industry
Los Angeles Times ‘Explains’ Hollywood: How to Become a Film Editor
Traditionally, a picture editor was the person snipping celluloid together, writes Anousha Sakoui in The Los Angeles Times. Like many roles in Hollywood, the route into the industry is not clear-cut. Here’s a primer on […]
