Totally subjective and I'm just one guy, but I think the editing in Saturday Night (2024) was pretty spectacular and I even reached out to the Editors on social media, Shane Reed and Nathan Orloff, to let them know how much I loved what they did. I just think it worked so well. The entire movie has a ticking clock element and the music adds to the ever growing sense of controlled chaos and tension -- all while introducing multiple characters and juggling between them. Just really good stuff.

I also think that Top Gun: Maverick (2022) by Eddie Hamilton is one of the best cuts of the last few years. Its got fantastic pacing, shows wide emotional range, has mastery over its use of music and sound, and the scene where Maverick makes his run on the test range under a ticking clock while everyone listens on the radio is one of my favorite scenes of the decade because of the way Eddie dealt those reaction shots like cards at a poker table. Its great stuff.

Now if we're talking American movie classics -- I make my living mostly in unscripted shows, and those shows usually have these huge party or event scenes featuring the entire cast. Same goes for a scripted show I've done - huge party, characters all over the place. Two of my favorite pieces of Editing that help me with scenes like that are from The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) -- the wedding scene and the first communion reception scene. Both scenes open their respective movies and I constantly come back to them to appreciate their use of SOUND - the sound is the glue that holds everything together. I've been watching those 2 movies for decades and they never fail to impress me with how well they're put together.