Columns
Jon Johnson on ‘Breakdown’
You might call Jonathan Mostow’s action thriller ‘Breakdown’ a cautionary road movie. The 1997 Paramount Pictures release centers on a car trip that takes an unexpected detour. […]
Film History
Features
The Eastwood Sanction
“A movie is like a clay statue and editorial is the final part of that molding.” – Clint Eastwood […]
Features
Klaatu Barada Nik-2:
Making the Earth Stand Still––Again
The alien Klaatu and his super-robot companion Gort have just made a return visit, touching down upon our planet again on December 12––when the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still was released worldwide by 20th Century Fox. […]
This Quarter in Film History
THIS MONTH IN FILM HISTORY:
Renoir’s War ‘Rules’
Beneath its seemingly innocuous appearance, the story attacks the very structure of our society… The audience recognized this. The truth is that they recognized themselves. […]
Tail Pop
Bruce Robinson’s WITHNAIL AND I (1987)
No doubt about it, this is a very funny film. But it is more than just the string of lunatic comedic moments; it also examines themes of friendship and growing up. […]
Features
Trail of the Arrow The Legend of Robin Hood on Film
By the time movies arrived, all the elements of the legend were in place—except for a cohesive plot line. […]
Tail Pop
Vittorio de Sica’s Ladri di Biciclette (the Bicycle Thief-1948)
Remarkably, De Sica doesn’t waste any time on setting the scene or on the family’s backstory in this act. He deems the viewer intelligent enough to take clues from the allegories he provides, and doesn’t take refuge in a voiceover. […]
Features
A Matter of Frequency: An Essay on Editing Aesthetics
When do we make an edit? Where do we make an edit? I find the answer is increasingly: “Edit often.” […]
Features
Coates Quotes
“Hugh Hudson is a brilliant and underrated director, but very difficult to work with. He didn’t cooperate with the studios; he was cutting out the stuff they wanted in and vice versa.”-Anne V. Coates […]
Departments
Passages – William R. Butler
Bill Butler, the British-born film editor who received an Oscar nomination for his work on Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 classic “A Clockwork Orange,” died June 4 at a hospital in Sherman Oaks. He was 83. […]
