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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 editor Mark Helfrich, ACE, as he discusses his work on the 1995 erotic drama Showgirls. While Picturehouse 441 is normally dedicated to exploring essential cinema, we wanted to take a night to explore one of cinema’s most beloved cult classics: Showgirls. After the smash-hit success of Basic Instinct, legendary director Paul Verhoeven and enfant terrible screenwriter Joe Eszterhas joined forces again for Showgirls. The film’s ambitions couldn’t have been higher: Saved By the Bell’s Elizabeth Berkeley wanted to use the film to break into serious roles, Verhoeven and Eszterhas aimed to satirize the cutthroat, sleazy world of Sin City strippers, and the film would be the most widely-released NC-17-rated film ever. What actually resulted is one of the most notorious films in modern cinema history - a critically-assailed, Razzie-sweeping box office flop that quickly garnered a huge cult following and record-breaking ($100 million+) video sales for MGM. However, SHOWGIRLS did demonstrate that beneath all of the fabulously over-the-top line readings, insane sex scenes, and nonsensical behavior was typically strong technical craft, exemplified by Mark Helfrich, ACE, and Mark Goldblatt, ACE’s electric editing. This one-of-a-kind event will explore the makings of this wildly entertaining phenomenon through the eyes of one of the veteran editors who was tasked with putting it together. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Thursday, May 30 at 8PM ET/5PM PT. **ACE members, please check your email for free ticket information.**

VGOW Tish, Editors Angela Slaven BFE and Lindsay Watson discuss their nominated edit of Tish Documentary

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 writer/director Paul Schrader & editor Benjamin Rodriguez, Jr., as they discuss 2017 psychological drama First Reformed. Paul Schrader’s late-career opus, First Reformed, found the veteran filmmaker reinvigorated and finally earned him his first Oscar nomination (for his screenplay). A gonzo take on Bergman’s Winter Light, this thought-provoking, complicated, and frequently outrageous film asks huge questions, allows them to marinate, and then dips out, leaving the audience to answer the questions it poses for themselves. Ethan Hawke, Amanda Seyfried, and Cedric the Entertainer give three difficult, intense performances, and Schrader takes huge risks that all add up to hugely satisfying sensation. First Reformed was expertly edited by Benjamin Rodriguez, Jr. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Thursday, April 25 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.

**ACE Members, please check your email for a complimentary ticket to this virtual Q&A.**

Join the British Film Editors for another VGOW, this time exploring The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel with guest editors Anthony Boys, ACE BFE, Zana Bochar, Tim Streeto, ACE and Kate Sanford, ACE and host Roberta Bononi on the Wednesday, April 17 at 11:30am PT!

Picturehouse 441 & ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.

Tune in on April 4, tune in to watch a Q&A with actor Viggo Mortensen as he discusses his work on the 2005 action thriller film A History of Violence. Kicking off a multi-film collaboration between master filmmaker David Cronenberg and star Viggo Mortensen, A History of Violence is arguably the pair's strongest – a lean, mean thriller about a family man whose past life violently starts to catch up with him. Coming off of his star-making performances in Lord of the Rings, Viggo Mortensen does career-best work that showcases his impressive versatility, sometimes within a single scene in this film. And, History finds Cronenberg in more grounded but no less provocative territory than usual, toning down his more surreal impulses for this film. Haunting and visceral in equal measure, A History of Violence is one of the essential films of the 2000s that makes for bruising, unforgettable viewing. A History of Violence is expertly edited by Ronald Sanders, ACE. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Thursday, April 4 at 3PM ET/12PM PT.

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Picturehouse 441 & ACE are proud to be partnering on a series of live virtual Q&As as part of our mutual efforts to promote film literacy.

On Monday, April 1, join us for a Q&A with composer Alan Menken, as he discusses his work on the 1986 horror comedy musical film Little Shop of Horrors.

"On the twenty-third day of the month of September, in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence. And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often do, in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places..." and so begins Little Shop of Horrors, a wild, weird, completely demented, and utterly ingenious musical film adaptation of the Off-Broadway sensation by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, itself an adaptation of a zero-budget Roger Corman-directed film from 1960. What makes Little Shop shine is the obvious love put into its creation. Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Steve Martin, Vincent Gardenia, and Levi Stubbs (as the voice of Audrey II) are note-perfect, the technical wizardry that Frank Oz and his team brought to give life to the plant through practical effects is nothing short of astonishing, and Ashman and Menken's literate and clever score ranks with the greats. With editing by John Jympson, ACE, a film with a bloodthirsty talking plant, a sadistic dentist, and big musical numbers may not sound like classic movie material, but Little Shop is so infectiously energetic and entertaining that it's impossible to resist. This event will be a Zoom Webinar on Monday, April 1 at 8PM ET/5PM PT.

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VGOW Lessons in Chemistry with Editors Laura Zempel, ACE, Matthew Barbato & Geraud Brisson, ACE chat with our host Shiny BFE.

Join the British Film Editors (BFE) for a fantastic hour with editors Liza Cardinale, ACE and Thomas Calderon chatting with Jonathan Stirling BFE about their edit on What We Do In The Shadows Season 5!