Picturehouse 441 and ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.
Join us for a Q&A with screenwriter Hampton Fancher, as he discusses his work on science fiction film Blade Runner: The Final Cut. Upon its release in 1982, Blade Runner opened to mixed reviews and middling box office in a cut that reeked of studio intervention. A decade later, Ridley Scott released a director’s cut that more closely aligned with his vision, and it was immediately hailed as a landmark work of cinema (this was followed by the 2007 final cut, Scott’s preferred version). A potent mix of film noir, science fiction, and dystopian drama, Blade Runner is an uncommonly intelligent work, written by Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples and edited by Terry Rawlings, ACE, and Marsha Nakashima, that asks major philosophical questions about what makes human beings human. The event will be a Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, January 23 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.

Join us for a Q&A with screenwriter William Wisher, as he discusses his work on 1991 science fiction action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The Terminator was a landmark of sci-fi cinema, but like with his previous film, Aliens, filmmaker James Cameron wanted to outdo the original with his sequel. A bigger badder better Terminator film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day ups the ante in every way, taking risk after risk and paying every one off in spades. With Arnold Schwarzenegger as a heroic terminator, Linda Hamilton in full badass mode and editing by Conrad Buff, ACE, Mark Goldblatt, ACE, Richard A. Harris and Dody Dorn, ACE (Special Edition), T2 delivers brains and brawn in equal measure while single-handedly revolutionizing cinematic VFX. Chock-full of brilliant one-liners and given a big heart by Cameron and co-writer William Wisher, T2 stands as one of the great American action epics that has lost none of its power. The event will be a Zoom Webinar on Monday, January 29 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.

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Ahsoka Editors; James Wilcox, ACE, Dana Glauberman, ACE & Rosanne Tan, ACE discuss their edits on this Disney Star Wars series.

Editor Keith Fraase chats with Calif Chong BFE associate member, about his edit on Past Lives. Keith Fraase has been nominated in the British Film Editors Cut Above Awards in the Best Edited Single Drama for Past Lives.

Join us for a Q&A with editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, as he discusses his Oscar-nominated work on 2023's Poor Things. A wonderfully odd concoction courtesy of Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things is a provocative, delightful tale of a reanimated adult woman, Bella Baxter, with the brain of a baby who begins to explore the world and find herself in a steampunk version of 19th Century England. Working with largely the same team as his previous film, The Favourite, including genius longtime editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE, Lanthimos has created a tale of female empowerment that crackles with wit from Tony McNamara’s screenplay and a career-best performance from the chameleonic Emma Stone. And enough cannot be said about the work of Mavropsaridis whose sharp, unpredictable style brings out the best in everyone’s work, culminating in one of 2023’s very best films. The event will be a Zoom Webinar on Thursday, February 15 at 4PM ET/1PM PT.