Tail Pop
Coming Out: Growing up with ‘Saving Face’
By Donna J. Choo I grew up in Hawai‘i, on the island of O‘ahu, where my moviegoing love began at […]
Film History
Union Made
Union Made: The ‘USC Mafia’ and How It Advanced One Editor’s Career
A long, long time ago, in 1976, I was a grad student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and learned the craft of film editing. I edited an award-winning short, “F.N.G.”, which led to a teaching assistant position working with an Oscar-winning professor. […]
Features
On the Road Again: Editor Paul Hirsch Remembers ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’
By Peter Tonguette Neal Page and Del Griffith are on the road again. The famous cinematic odd couple — amusingly […]
Web Exclusives
Bob & Me: A 20-Year Friendship With ‘Five Easy Pieces’ Auteur Bob Rafelson, 1933-2022
By Peter Tonguette For 18 years, on and off, the director of “Five Easy Pieces” (1970) and “The King […]
Web Exclusives
Editor Jon Poll on Finding the Laughs and the Heart in the New ‘Father of the Bride’
“This is what is really satisfying about the film: Your guard is let down by the humor, and you don’t expect that you’re going to have as emotional an experience in the end as you do.” […]
Web Exclusives
Shelly Westerman on Editing for Nora Ephron, ‘Only Murders In the Building,’ and More
“Richard Marks said 40% of the job is editing, and 60% is interpersonal relationships. It’s so true.” […]
Columns
Kiss Me, Deadly: The Life Lessons of Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’
One of my earliest memories is of my mother taking me into Manhattan from Brooklyn one gloomy morning, on a subway train crossing the East River. […]
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Kill the Documentary’ Takes Aim at an Old Art Form
A new book takes aim at the art of documentary from a critical, leftist viewpoint. […]
Columns
Coming of Age: A Childhood Love of Film Led to an Editing Career
When I was growing up, Hollywood felt so far away because the films themselves were so otherworldly. The notion that someone could write and capture these images was mind-blowing to me. […]
Web Exclusives
WHAT OUR MEMBERS DO: Charles Shin, Assistant Editor
“I used to edit reality shows. My heart was never into cutting reality, but I was tempted by the dark side — the money.” […]
