Film History

The Guild Says Goodbye to an Accomplished Editor, Dedicated Leader, and Passionate Mentor By Kristin Marguerite Doidge It was 1968 when a man with a movie walked into a room …

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 …

Born in Los Angeles in 1929, Cambern was a natural fit for his chosen profession. His father worked in the music publishing business and his mother was a professional harpist …

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 …

By Peter Tonguette Neal Page and Del Griffith are on the road again. The famous cinematic odd couple — amusingly finicky businessman Neal (Steve Martin) and lovably oafish traveler Del …

By Peter Tonguette   For 18 years, on and off, the director of “Five Easy Pieces” (1970) and “The King of Marvin Gardens” (1972), and, as part of the legendary …

“This is what is really satisfying about the film: Your guard is let down by the humor, and you don’t expect that you’re going to have as emotional an experience …

“Richard Marks said 40% of the job is editing, and 60% is interpersonal relationships. It’s so true.”

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.