Thelma Schoonmaker at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2010. Photo by Petr Novák.At 83 years old, Thelma Schoonmaker has no intention of slowing down. Best known for her career-long collaboration with Martin Scorsese, the three-time Oscar-winning editor is still juggling multiple projects. As we sat down for our conversation in London, the press juggernaut for her latest film with Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon, was in full swing, while back in New York, her editing consoles were whirring away, already at work on the duo’s next feature: a documentary on the films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It’s a film close to the legendary editor’s heart. Schoonmaker was married to Powell from 1984 until his death in 1990. She was introduced to the filmmaker—one of the greatest in the history of British cinema—by Scorsese, a lifelong admirer who had set out to rehabilitate Powell’s critical reputation.
- 11/6/2023
- MUBI
AIDS activist Spencer Cox, a longtime member of the AIDS community, has died. He was 44.
It was confirmed to the New York Times by his brother Nick that Cox had passed away from AIDS-related causes at the Allen Hospital in New York City. Mark Harrington, the executive director of a group Cox helped form called Treatment Action Group, says that Cox had struggled with an addiction to methamphetamines and stopped taking his AIDS medication months ago.
"He saved the lives of millions, but he couldn't save his own," Harrington says.
Born in Atlanta in 1968, Cox moved to New York City after studying at Bennington College in Vermont for three years. It was after he moved to the Big Apple that he discovered he had HIV. In 1989, he had joined the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, also known as Act Up, and then went on to help form Tag in 1992.
Cox,...
It was confirmed to the New York Times by his brother Nick that Cox had passed away from AIDS-related causes at the Allen Hospital in New York City. Mark Harrington, the executive director of a group Cox helped form called Treatment Action Group, says that Cox had struggled with an addiction to methamphetamines and stopped taking his AIDS medication months ago.
"He saved the lives of millions, but he couldn't save his own," Harrington says.
Born in Atlanta in 1968, Cox moved to New York City after studying at Bennington College in Vermont for three years. It was after he moved to the Big Apple that he discovered he had HIV. In 1989, he had joined the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, also known as Act Up, and then went on to help form Tag in 1992.
Cox,...
- 12/21/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Title: How To Survive A Plague Sundance Selects Director: David France Screenwriter: David France, T. Woody Richman, Tyler H. Walk Cast: Peter Staley, Garance Franke-Riuta, Mark Harrington, Spencer Cox, Larry Kramer, Bill Bahlman, David Barr, Gregg Bordowitz, Gregg Gonsalves, Derek Link, Iris Long Screened at: Broadway, NYC, 8/13/12 Opens: September 21, 2012 How effective are demonstrations? If their major aim is to allow protesters to let off steam, they are undoubtedly potent. If their aim is to achieve the demands of the protesters, that’s a mixed bag. The Vietnam demonstrations aimed to end the war quickly. They did not. At best, they may have succeeded in forcing President Johnson to [ Read More ]...
- 8/14/2012
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
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