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By | October 2001
TK
Yasuaki Nakajimi, a native of Japan and a current Brooklynite, screened the first twenty minutes of his film "After the Apocalypse", which, a few weeks ago...
Yet, one man claims he saw too much. Writer/director Roberto Monticello, a veteran of 14 independent films, has received a fair amount of attention...
The "Star Wars Magic of Myth" Tour has been making its way across America. The museum display offers an up close and personal look at many of the...
Any art form, unless a particular artistic style can remain relevant, has great difficulty remaining alive, or at least active. This is particularly true...
"Very few films are as prophetic as 'Class of 1984,'" intones it's creator, writer-producer-director Mark L. Lester, a grim reminder of how the landmark...
"Roller Boogie" starred Linda Blair as a young skater who along with her friends teams up to stop the closure of their favorite rink from an evil magnate. ...
Then Lester was associated with "The Funhouse." It all began with a thousand dollars and a piece of paper. "A writer friend of mine, Larry Block, he came...
Joining King and Van Patten in the cast were former Lester collaborator Merrie Lynn Ross, as Norris' wife, who gets a little too close to Stegman and his...
Lester never got the chance to make "Year of the Dragon," which was later made into an excellent film by director Michæl Cimino. But DeLaurentis was...
"It was something I'd always thought of," says Lester of the 1990 film. "Then, Vestron Pictures, they'd finally had a hit with 'Dirty Dancing' and they...