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“I Want All The Lesbian Experiences I Can See On Film”: Tricia Cooke on Drive-Away Dolls

A woman and man, both wearing face masks, watch a monitor on-set.Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen on the set of Drive-Away Dolls

Directed by and co-written with collaborator and husband, Ethan Coen, filmmaker and editor Tricia Cooke’ Drive Away Dolls (or Dykes, per the end credits) finds her doing sapphic donuts around classic movies like Kiss Me Deadly and even a little…  Read more

By Feb 27, 2024

“Establishing the Idea of Ending Scenes Abruptly…”: Editor Greg Jardin on It’s What’s Inside

A woman bathed in purple light looks into a broken mirrorAlycia Debnam-Carey appears in It’s What’s Inside by Greg Jardin. Photo Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

In the Sundance 2024 Midnight premiere It’s What’s Inside, the feature debut of writer-director Greg Jardin, an uninvited guest with a mysterious suitcase derails a pre-wedding party. Below, Jardin discusses what led him to edit his own film, the balance…  Read more

By Jan 31, 2024

“This is the Story of Environmental Racism”: Editor Rosella Tursi on God Save Texas: The Price of Oil

An obscured person wearing a gray coat and red headwear looks across a street toward a backhoe and wooden planks.Still from God Save Texas: The Price of Oil. Courtesy of Sundance Film Institute.

Inspired by God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright’s examination of the contradictions and history of Texas, God Save Texas is an anthology series in which three Texan directors…  Read more

By Jan 25, 2024

“The Point Is to Struggle With What You’ve Been Given”: Editor John Magary on Between the Temples

A man sleeps opposite an older woman on a mattress, both their heads facing in opposite directions.Jason Schwartzman and Carol Kane in Between the Temples

Between the Temples, co-written by C. Mason Wells and director Nathan Silver, follows a spiritually conflicted cantor (Jason Schwartzman) who finds his faith somewhat revitalized when his grade school music teacher (Carol Kane) enrolls as his latest adult bat mitzvah…  Read more

By Jan 24, 2024


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