Sight, Sound & Story: Live continues!
Sight, Sound & Story's 2023 event series format is online. These events will be live and free to the public.
Join us for a Q&A with director Mark Waters, as he discusses his work on the 2004 teen comedy film Mean Girls. What Clueless was to teens of the '90s, Mean Girls is to teens of the '00s: endlessly quotable, endlessly funny, and, most importantly, endlessly relatable. While successful upon its release, Mean Girls' true success came in the years after its release when it developed a huge following of fans of all ages and genders who connected to its story of a nice girl who falls in with a crowd of mean girls. Written by Tina Fey and edited by Wendy Greene Bricmont, ACE, Mean Girls will live on as long as there are divisions between good and bad girls in high school. The event will be a Zoom Webinar on Thursday, November 16 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
Join fellow members of the post community, Avid Technology product specialists, the Key Code Media team and a few Avid workflow partners for a deeper look into how Avid Media Composer can transform your team’s post-production workflow: including ingest, editing, delivery, archiving and more.
The next "American Cinema Editors Presents" is a screening of ... The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, the 2009 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Rebecca Miller and edited by Sabine Hoffman, ACE. This film will be shown in 35mm and the post screening Q&A will feature a discussion between Miller and Hoffman.
Buoyed by a suite of stellar performances, Miller’s romantic drama sees Robin Wright Penn’s Pippa Lee forced to confront her troubled past after it bubbles to the surface. Following her move, with her much-older husband Herb (Alan Arkin), a celebrated publisher, to a retirement community. Inching toward personal breakdown, she finds a confidante in her neighbor’s son Keanu Reeves. Blake Lively, Zoe Kazan, Julianne Moore, Monica Belluci and Winona Ryder round out the very fine ensemble cast.
Jacob Bricca, ACE will be hosting a live online screening and discussion of the legendary documentary, Lost in La Mancha, on Sat, Nov. 18 at 12pm PT.
Join us for a Q&A with screenwriter Terence Winter, as he discusses his work on the 2013 biographical black comedy crime film The Wolf of Wall Street. An outrageous, uproarious epic about immoral stockbroker Jordan Belfort, The Wolf of Wall Streetfinds Martin Scorsese in top form working from a razor-sharp, blackly funny screenplay from Terence Winter. As Belfort, Leonardo DiCaprio runs through the full range of his ample talents, and he's given brilliant support by Jonah Hill and a breakout Margot Robbie whose career exploded after audiences experienced her dynamite work here. While the film runs a full three hours, Wolf darts forward like a bullet train, moving from one indelible set-piece to another, all while building into a powerful whole, thanks to the masterful editing by Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE. A monstrous, frequently misunderstood masterpiece, this damning indictment of American greed is one of the great films of the modern day that has unfortunately increased in potency in the decade since its release. The event will be a Zoom Webinar on Tuesday, November 28 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.
Blackmagic Design will be hosting a special 'DaVinci Resolve Collaborative Workflow' event on Wednesday 29th November @ FORA Soho, 33 Broadwick Street, LONDON, W1F 0DQ. This event will showcase the latest release of DaVinci Resolve 18.6, which includes the Blackmagic Camera App, Blackmagic Cloud Video Collaboration, and the iOS Remote Grading and Remote Monitoring apps. It's also a golden opportunity for you and your team to become familiar with the most cutting-edge collaborative workflow currently available, covering every aspect from editing, colour grading, audio mixing, motion graphics and visual effects. The DaVinci Resolve team will also be available to address any general questions you might have around the software.
To complement the workflow customers will also be able to get hands-on with the technology, as the room will be set up as a mini post facility complete with Blackmagic CloudStore, DaVinci Resolve Advanced panel, Fairlight audio console and Cintel G3 HDR+ film scanner.
As an ACE member, we invite you to attend one of the below presentation times. NB - It's worth noting that after the 4 pm session, ACE members will be invited to a nearby pub for an informal drink courtesy of Blackmagic Design. If you register for an earlier session, you are most welcome to join us for drinks at the pub after 6pm (venue TBC).
**ACE Members, please check your emails for RSVP details.**
American Cinema Editors and The Metrograph shine a light on the legendary Hal Ashby’s first career in Hollywood – as an Oscar-winning film editor. We’ll be screening The Cincinnati Kid, one of Ashby’s many collaborations with director Norman Jewison. After the screening Wyatt Smith, ACE and Nick Dawson, author of Being Hal Ashby, will discuss the innovative art of Hal Ashby’s editing and how it prepared him to become the director he ultimately became.
A sharply drawn character study set against the backdrop of Depression Era New Orleans, The Cincinnati Kid stars Steve McQueen as an up-and-coming five-card stud specialist looking to prove his mettle by taking on established poker maestro “The Man” (Edward G. Robinson). Ashby’s deft editing helps to make the card table scenes masterpieces of tension, and the central dueling duo are surrounded by a superb supporting cast that boasts Tuesday Weld, Rip Torn, Joan Blondell, and Karl Malden in its number.
THE OLD OAK is edited by Jonathan Morris in his final collaboration with Ken Loach (Ken Loach has announced it's last film). Their longtime partnership has produced films such as 'Sorry We Missed You', 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley'.
This event is for ACE members only. Each member has a limit of 4 tickets. Parking is included in your ticket. Festive holiday banquet and full bar. If you have any special dietary requirements, please phone the ACE office 323-956-2900, or email gemmalyn@americancinemaeditors.com.
ACE Active Members get priority access to purchase Holiday Party tickets 1 week prior to sales opening up to all ACE Members.
If you are not an ACE Active Member, tickets will be open to you by the end of next week. Please check your email for the link to purchase tickets.
Editor Michael Andrews, ACE is in conversation about his edit on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
