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 […]
Film History
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Ellen Hovde, Documentarian
MARCH 9, 1925 – FEB. 16, 2023 Ellen Hovde, an acclaimed documentarian who was a member of the Editors Guild […]
Web Exclusives
Picture Editors of ‘Fatal Attraction’ on Updating a Classic Thriller for Modern Times
“Here was this grand opportunity to work with a majority female crew in terms of the top positions: majority female directors, a female showrunner, and majority women in post.” […]
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‘Extremely Demanding’: William Friedkin’s Editors Remember the Oscar-Winning Director
“He didn’t like cuts being in predictable places. In other words, one of the things that you often strive for in editing is to make the editing disappear: somebody finishes the line and the next person speaks, and you cut to it right away. Billy was always most interested in making unpredictable cuts that, in his mind, were better.” […]
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Doug Mountain Talks About Remastering Bruce Lee’s ‘Enter the Dragon’ for 50th Anniversary Release
By Mel Lambert With Dolby Atmos immersive playback now available in an increasing number of consumer environments, is it […]
Columns
Words Like Bullets: How ‘Sweet Smell’ Met with Success
Why ‘Sweet Smell’ Succeeded […]
In Memoriam
Remembering Donn Cambern: 1929-2023
The Guild Says Goodbye to an Accomplished Editor, Dedicated Leader, and Passionate Mentor By Kristin Marguerite Doidge It was 1968 […]
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. […]
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Donn Cambern, ‘Easy Rider’ Editor and Former MPEG President, Dies at 93
Born in Los Angeles in 1929, Cambern was a natural fit for his chosen profession. His father worked in the music publishing business and his mother was a professional harpist who played on movie soundtracks for the RKO Pictures orchestra. […]
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 […]
