Columns
How a Love for Old Movies Launched a Career
How ‘Top Hat’ lifted spirits – and launched a career […]
Film History
Book Reviews
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Editing for Directors’ Has Advice for Aspiring Helmers
What Directors need to know about editing […]
Web Exclusives
Appreciation: How Peter Bogdanovich, Film Savant, Edited His Movies
Bogdanovich died on January 6 at the age of 82. […]
Web Exclusives
Benjamin Rodriguez Talks Editing Paul Schrader’s ‘The Card Counter’
Rodriguez, who has been working with Schrader since the mid-2010s, is a comparative newcomer. The Cleveland native made his feature film debut as the editor on what was Schrader’s 19th directorial feature, the explosively original noir comedy “Dog Eat Dog” (2016). […]
Columns
UNION MADE: Patrick McMahon on His Journey From the Rink to the Cutting Room
Patrick McMahon, ACE, cut many horror/suspense projects, including the original, “A Nightmare On Elm Street.” He’s also edited seven pilots (five of which went to series) and documentaries including HBO’s Emmy Award-winning “Baghdad ER.” […]
Features
TAIL POP: The Enduring Influence of Jean-Luc Godard and ‘Band of Outsiders’
I grew up in a Long Island suburb among people about whom a friend once said, “If they can’t eat it or wear it, they don’t want it.” […]
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’ […]
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 […]
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. […]
Industry
Jacobin: Big Tech is Killing Movies
“The truth is,” writes Paris Marx in Jacobin, “that the discourse around cultural industries has shifted almost entirely to reflect the interests of the media oligopoly, and the consolidation of those industries is fundamentally eroding the quality of work and […]
