Awards
2024 IA/VA: ACE Panel Highlights ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘The Holdovers,’ Other Best Editing Oscar Nominees
“I love it when I get into this groove and I can’t believe a half hour has gone by and I’ve just been cutting things.” […]
Picture Editors
Features
In ‘American Fiction’, Picture Editor Hilda Rasula Made the Most of a Commanding Lead Performance
“It is a performance-driven film so there’s nothing to hide behind.” […]
Awards
2024 ACE Eddie Awards: ‘Holdovers,’ ‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Taylor Swift: Eras,’ ‘The Bear’ and ‘Beef’
by Kristin Marguerite Doidge Sunday’s 74th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, presented by American Cinema Editors (ACE), brought together […]
Cover Story
Jedi Masters: Editors of ‘Ahsoka’ Raise Their Lightsabers to the Latest Chapter of ‘Star Wars’ Mythology
“I’ve watched the ‘Star Wars’ films in the past and recognize the famous characters, but didn’t know much beyond that. So coming into this big galaxy was both exciting and new to me.” […]
Behind the Scenes
Kevin Tent Explains the Editing Process Behind Alexander Payne’s ‘The Holdovers’
“The Holdovers,” set over Christmas vacation in 1970 at a New England boarding school for boys, is the bittersweet portrait of complicated relationships among a grumpy teacher with a troubled past (Paul Giamatti), his callow student (Dominic Sessa) and a long-suffering dining-hall cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph). Tent talked about editing for tone, tempo and rhythm, as well as his efforts on behalf of picture editors as the president of ACE. […]
Behind the Scenes
Past Production: How the ‘Maestro’ Team Recreated the Music – and Marriage – of Leonard Bernstein
“The whole goal was: ‘How do we keep Lenny’s heartbeat and human nature alive through the whole thing?’” […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: How ‘The Exorcist’ Became THE Monster Horror Hit of the Early 1970s
The late filmmaker William Friedkin was fond of describing his 1973 horror masterpiece “The Exorcist” as being a meditation on “the mystery of faith.” […]
Features
Dancing Into History: Emmy Winner Stephanie Filo on Dance, Editing, and Life
By Kristin Marguerite Doidge Emmy Award-winning picture editor Stephanie Filo, ACE, has found herself at the center of several […]
Behind the Scenes
The Post-Production Team on Remaking ‘The Color Purple’ as a Musical
“I knew the film we were going to make would have to depart from the 1985 movie in terms of tone – and that we’d have to find our own visual language that would carry on sonically,” Bazawule said. “As we navigated the trauma and abuse in the story, we knew the fantastical elements had to come from reality.” […]
2024
Cut to Black: Alex Ivany, Picture Editor
For Alex, education never ends, he works on projects that offer inspiration and excitement. […]
