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Until the Last Beat: Nick Emerson on Editing Conclave

Two Catholic cardinals walk down a stairway in an elaborate building.Brían F. O’Byrne and Ralph Fiennes in Conclave

In Conclave, corruption, betrayal and clashing ideologies turn the selection of a new pope into fertile ground for a taut political thriller as English cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is caught in the middle of the struggle between a conservative…  Read more

By Dec 16, 2024

“Musicals Are the Hardest Thing I Could Ever Cut”: Editor Myron Kerstein on Wicked

A green witch and white woman stand together against a very fake-looking background.Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in Wicked

For Myron Kerstein, whose work on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s feature debut Tick, Tick… Boom! earned him a 2022 Oscar nomination for best editing, cutting a musical number is no different than any other scene in a movie. With Wicked, the editor’s…  Read more

By Dec 12, 2024

Sequential Notes: Angela Schanelec on Music

Three people play ping-pong while one watches in a courtyard.Music

Since her debut feature, My Sister’s Good Fortune (1995), Angela Schanelec has steadily established herself as one of the Europe’s most idiosyncratic filmmakers. Across nine features, Schanelec’s style has evolved but retained consistent qualities: stark, clean visuals and crisp editing…  Read more

By Jun 27, 2024

Fluid(s) Filmmaking: Lance Oppenheim and Daniel Garber on Spermworld

Two people, visible in silhouette, sit in a blue-and-purple-lit room.Spermworld (courtesy of FX)

Like Lance Oppenheim‘s first feature, 2020’s Some Kind of Heaven, his follow-up Spermworld follows three nonfiction protagonists through a niche American context. Heaven focused on three residents of The Villages, a retirement community in Florida that’s the largest in the world,…  Read more

By Mar 29, 2024


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