Features
The Evolution of the Film Mixing Console
Consoles have evolved dramatically over the last two and a half decades. […]
Film History
Columns
Dede Allen
Her emotional and gutsy style on films established her reputation as a premier actor’s editor. […]
Columns
Steve Maslow on ‘The Last Waltz’
In ‘The Last Waltz,’ released by United Artists 40 years ago in April 1978, director Martin Scorsese trained his cameras on what was intended to be the last concert of the Band at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom. […]
Book Reviews
Man with a Shorinofon:
When Russia Embraced the Talkies
Few Americans, even those who work with motion picture sound, have heard of the Tagefon and Shorinofon systems, but readers interested in the intricacies of how sound first meshed with cinema can learn about these machines and the artists who used them. […]
Columns
‘The Piano’ Ain’t Got No Wrong Notes
From the age of six, Ada McGrath refuses to speak, yet film audiences first saw and heard how clearly she communicates on May 15, 1993, when Jane Campion’s ‘The Piano’ premiered at the 45th Cannes International Film Festival. […]
Columns
Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’
As a seven-year-old living in the jungles of Matute, Colombia, I was surrounded by an exotic land. My pets weren’t limited to the three dogs and six cats that roamed but also included a macaw named Ludwina, a howler monkey named Tarzan, several tortoises and an assortment of parrots and parakeets. […]
Web Exclusives
‘Making Waves’
A Film on Sound-on-Film
Midge Costin, MPSE, is making a documentary about motion picture sound and its editing. […]
Features
Pushing the Envelope…Please: Early Editing Oscar Winning Trailblazers
Many of the first individuals who won Academy Awards in the picture editing and sound categories were pioneers in their respective fields. […]
This Quarter in Film History
‘Broadway’ Playback
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s film legacy is its musicals. Perhaps because it was the most politically conservative of the major studios, MGM was more comfortable with melodramas and musicals than with social issues. […]
Features
EARLY TRAILBLAZERS
A compilation of early Oscar winning editors. […]
