Thelma Schoonmaker

‘Peeping Tom’: The Road from Disgust to Recognition for Michael Powell’s Brilliant Take on Filmmaking

  By Sven Mikulec Michael Powell, one of the most distinguished British filmmakers of the 1940s and 1950s, basically ended…

6 years ago

‘The Age of Innocence’: Scorsese’s Strikingly Passionate Depiction of Unconsummated Love

We're rather determined in defending our claim that Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence is one of the best literary…

9 years ago

‘Cape Fear’: How Scorsese Added Complexity and Humanity to a Beloved Classic

  By Sven Mikulec   Back in 1962, J. Lee Thompson made a cinematic adaptation of John D. MacDonald's novel…

9 years ago

“In terms of special training to become a filmmaker, one should study classic films and learn from them. That is how Scorsese became the filmmaker he is”

Three-time Oscar winner Thelma Schoonmaker has been working with Martin Scorsese for almost half a century now. From Who's That…

9 years ago

Thelma Schoonmaker Breaks Down ‘Raging Bull’

It’s said that a movie is made three times: once through a script, once on set, and finally in the…

10 years ago