Book Reviews
A Fantasy of Editing Reality
The very title of this book makes its basic premise dubious. […]
Picture Editors
My Most Memorable Film
Richard Chew on ‘Risky Business’
In the summer of 1983, Risky Business opened to healthy box office returns and launched Tom Cruise’s rise to superstar status. […]
Book Reviews
Lost in Transition
It’s not at uncommon, for transitions to be the editor’s focus, Jeffrey Michael Bays tries to remedy that. […]
This Quarter in Film History
Dancing with Myself
Cover Girl (1944) is a famous movie for two reasons — one intentional and the other accidental. The film’s legacy is of a time when women were celebrated for their glamour and sexuality. […]
OP / EDIT
Exit Stage Seven? Compartmentalizing Our Emerging Selves
Would you try to change your essential being? Well, in effect that’s precisely what’s being asked of us as editors, and the solution is to apply a rigorous course of treatment. […]
Book Reviews
Learn the Craft, But Don’t Overlook the Art
It’s not that ‘Grammar of the Edit’ is wrong. It is just incomplete. […]
Tail Pop
Ronald Neame’s ‘The Poseidon Adventure’
The emergency lights flickered on and off. I found myself 30 feet in the air hanging onto the edge of a railing. […]
Tail Pop
Jon Turteltaub’s ‘National Treasure’
Movies — or films, as I would call them when I was growing up in the United Kingdom — have always been a huge part of my life. […]
This Quarter in Film History
A Star is Reborn, Remade, Remodeled
Hollywood’s business is the merchandising and recycling of myth — especially the myth of the tragic Hollywood star (Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, etc.) in biopic or documentary form. […]
Tail Pop
Fernando Meirelles’ ‘City of God’
Shortly after graduating film school, I saw the motion picture City of God (Cidade de Deus) in a small art house theatre. I remember thinking to myself, “This is one of the best movies I have ever seen.” […]
