Can Thelma Schoonmaker beat her own record?

by Cláudio Alves

Throughout the History of the Academy Awards, two filmmakers have received eight nominations in the Best Editing category. They are Michael Kahn and Thelma Schoonmaker. They also happen to be among the four people currently tied for the title of 'most awarded film editor of all-time'. Daniel Mandell and Ralph Dawson as well as Kahn and Schoonmaker have all won three statuettes (though Schoonmaker and Kahn lead the nomination tally). Both of those champion editors are still active, so one of them may beat these Oscar records. As of the moment, Martin Scorsese's most important collaborator is in contention to win her fourth Oscar for The Irishman.

If it happens, she'll become the undisputed queen of film editing in Hollywood. In regards to the Academy Awards, that is…

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'Parasite' and 'Jojo Rabbit' win ACE Eddie Awards

by Murtada Elfadl

Bong Joon Ho and Song Kang Ho celebrate their film's win

Parasite (edited by Jinmo Yang) and Jojo Rabbit (edited by Tom Eagles) won Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) and Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy) respectively at the 70th Annual ACE Eddie Awards last night in LA. This is a huge win for Parasite at the start of the guild awards. Though there’s no direct relation between this award and the best picture Oscar - the last film to win both is Argo (2012) - it still shows broad support...

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ACE and Art Directors Guild Awards Nominations

by Murtada Elfadl

American Cinema Editors (ACE), the honorary society of film editors, today announced their nominations for 2019. For the first time in their history three foreign language films are among the nominees The Farewell, Parasite and I Lost My Body. Some of the films that solidified their awards path with editing nominations include The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. All these films have been recognized by all the guild that have announced awards so far.

Missing from the list again is Little Women which was also blanked earlier today by SAG. Hustlers seems to be only about Jennifer Lopez, it missed here and so far only the costume designers showed that they have taste. Taking the spot of the contemporary crowd pleaser with both guilds is Knives Out.

The big miss with the production design guild awards is again Little Women. Marriage Story also didn’t make the cut, production designers becoming the first award body to blank that film. The full lists are after the jump.....

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