Columns
Tom Tykwer’s ‘Run Lola Run’
I grew up in Deep River in Northern Ontario, Canada in the 1970s, an idyllic place to live as far as catching frogs and running through the woods, but I didn’t get to see movies in the cinema very often.
Film
Columns
Albert Lamorisse’s ‘The Red Balloon’
There was a time, in the 1980s in San Diego, when there weren’t any theatres that showed foreign, independent or avant-garde films except for one place: the Unicorn Theatre.
Book Reviews
Run of DeMille
Red Scare, Blacklist and a Directorial Feud
The blacklisting of Communists, former Communists, union supporters, socialists and people whose only agenda was to create films was a fact of life in the entertainment industry during the 1950s and 1960s.
Columns
‘October’ Surprise
The Revolution Will Be Edited
After 90 years, the premiere of Sergei Eisenstein’s October on November 7, 1927 at Leningrad’s Bolshoi Theatre still endures as the most famous screening of an unparalleled motion picture epic that was never shown publicly in its entirety.
Columns
Terrence Malick’s ‘Days of Heaven’
October 1978. A weekday afternoon in Manhattan. I stumble into daylight, having just experienced something which has so floored me that I’m numb, twisted around, and can’t remember which subway takes me back downtown — so I start walking, trying to make sense of what I’d just seen.
Columns
Celebrity Crush
In ‘The King of Comedy’ (1983), directed by Martin Scorsese from Newsweek film critic Paul D. Zimmerman’s script, fledgling comic Rupert Pupkin wants to be a star. Obsessed with celebrity itself, he emerges from the subculture of fandom to take a shot at fame by kidnapping late night talk show host Jerry Langford.
Features
David Saxon’s Golden Ticket
Looking back on a fulfilling career, David Saxon reflected on his affinity for editing.
Features
Controlled Chaos: Bill Abbott’s Music Editing on ‘Any Given Sunday’
“I worked with the sound people creating the backgrounds for the radio station, commercials, and newscasts-it opened my eyes to post-production. That’s when I realized I’d like to be a music editor.” – Bill Abbott
Features
The First Independent: An interview with Legendary Sound Editor Kay Rose Part 2
Kay Rose talks about the relationships between mixers and sound editors, her role as an independent and the power of sound to create drama and shape story.
Features
A Passion for Editing: A Fireside Chat with Anne Coates
Anne Coates told stories of cutting rooms and editorial decisions, but more than that, she showed that she still has a tremendous passion for the work she does.
