March 26, 2023
The American Cinema Editors (ACE) announced the nominations for the 66th annual ACE Eddie Awards. Winners will be revealed at ACE’s annual awards ceremony, Jan. 29 in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel. […]
If it would seem unlikely that studios would release two westerns at Christmas time, it might be unlikelier still that both would belong to that smaller sub-genre of “snow westerns.” Yet both The Revenant and Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight find themselves in that same unique niche occupied by such under sung classics as Sergio Corbucci’s The Great Silence and Robert Altman’s McCabe and Mrs. Miller. […]
“I’m so lucky that Adam was the director,” stated editor Hank Corbin about Adam McKay, who helmed The Big Short, the satiric-telling of the true events behind the financial collapse in the mid-2000s. The movie boasts a stellar acting ensemble – Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt. […]
Director John Crowley‘s Brooklyn explores the life of a young Irish woman, Eilis Lacey (Saoirse Ronan) in 1950s Ireland and New York. Odile Dicks-Mireaux, known for The Constant Gardener (2005), An Education (2009) and One Day (2011), joined the team to help create both worlds. She was excited when she received the call to meet with Crowley because she especially liked the script and the period it was set in. “I felt very comfortable with it. And I think you can do your best work when you feel really comfortable with the script that you’re attracted to and you can start to visualize it,” said Dicks-Mireaux. […]
“I couldn’t get it out of my head,” admitted Adam McKay writer/director of The Big Short when talking about the original book by Michael Lewis that formed the basis for his film’s screenplay. McKay had picked up the book one night and finished by the next morning. His wife thought he was nuts. […]