Monthly Archives: October 2007

INTO THE PIT: INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR MARC LOUGEE (PART 2)

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Director Marc Lougee has a long history in special effects and film production, and he’s created, along with Ray Harryhausen’s help, the short stop-motion Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Pit and the Pendulum”…

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INTO THE PIT: INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR MARC LOUGEE (PART 2)

Was animation a natural direction for you, or was it just accidental? I had no idea I could even function as an animator until I got into high school, and...

INTO THE PIT: INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR MARC LOUGEE

Stop-motion is a nearly dead art form. With the advent of computer technology, easily affordable filmmaking techniques and our growing access to different...

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BABY

Being toted around the festival circuit as an Asian American “Boyz n the Hood,” director Juwan Chung’s film “Baby” stands alone as it makes an...

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THE ANNA CABRINI CHRONICLES

"The Anna Cabrini Chronicles" is visually and sonically lush, if at times it falls short dramatically. In particular, director Tawd B. Dorenfeld’s...

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NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: 3D (DVD)

“All fans of NOTLD should be vocal in their distaste at this film which can only be referred to as an abomination.” - Chris Gore We “Dead” fans...

DVDUESDAY WITH CHRIS GORE (10/16/07)

This week, Chris Gore reviews the DVD releases of "Transformers," "Planet Terror" and "The TV...

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WEST 32ND

Michael Kang, director of arthouse hit “The Motel,” returns with a vastly different second feature. This time, Kang gets gangsta! In order to further...

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HARD WOOD

One of my favorite facets of cinema is the ability of the storyteller to expose us to tales of sheer karma coming back to bite us in the ass. Anyone can...

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FINISHING THE GAME

Throughout my film watching life, there has always been the occasional movie that is so clever, so ingenious, that after I watch it, I can’t help but...

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THE MOST DESERVED TRIBUTE OF ALL TIME

If any young up and coming filmmaker deserves a tribute, it's certainly Steve Balderson. Even Balderson's goofy B-movie Pep Squad is so beautifully done...

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