Columns

By Thea Huang I was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. As a kid, I enjoyed playing sports — basketball was my favorite — and I loved doing anything creative: …

By Donna J. Choo I grew up in Hawai‘i, on the island of  O‘ahu, where my moviegoing love began at Queen’s Theater in Kaimuki, and the Waialae and Kailua Drive-ins. …

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 …

By Betsy McLane Jake Friedman deserves a rousing hurrah for writing “The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age.” This is an eye-opening book full of many …

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.

A new book takes aim at the art of documentary from a critical, leftist viewpoint.

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 …

The enduring wisdom of Indiana Jones

A new book looks at the craft of picture editing from a fresh perspective

How ‘Top Hat’ lifted spirits – and launched a career