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AUSTIN IN: MAKING FILMS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

By | October 2005

The story of how Austin S. Lin got into filmmaking and then creating his own production company involves the alto clarinet and Lindsay Lohan. While Hurricane Katrina crept across metro-Atlanta, I met up with Austin to learn more about his life, his loves, and utilizing the cinematic medium as a tool for cultural awareness…

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AUSTIN IN: MAKING FILMS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

The first time I heard about multi-lingual, multi-talented Austin S. Lin and his one year-old film production company Ayce Group Inc. was through an old...

BRETT PIPER: SHOCKING "SHOCK-O-RAMA!"

The "Three-Picture Deal." Most directors feel that if they could only land this seemingly mythical production contract, they'd be well on their way to fame...

STUCK WITH ANDERSON PAUL AND DAVID OWENS

Anderson Paul and David Owens' "Stuck" finds five friends stranded out in the middle of nowhere thanks to their broken down car. But the focus here isn't...

TI WEST: HERE COMES "THE ROOST"

You know what happens when you and a bunch of friends, on the way to a wedding, wind up at a dark, mystrerious farm, right? Yeah, the shit hits the fan. ...

RICHARD W. HAINES: UNSUNG HERO OF UNSUNG CINEMA

Richard W. Haines is a pioneer in the film industry with an applied knowledge of fine detail and various processes which make some of the best looking...

THE DIRECTOR NEXT DOOR: J.R. BOOKWALTER

The Dead Next Door is a phenomenon. One of the first “backyard” films to receive national distribution, it was shot on Super-8mm film by a...

CHARLES PAPPAS: FILM NOIR LANGUAGE, BITTER AND BOLD

In the musical “My Fair Lady,” Eliza Doolittle sings the line: “Words, words, words! I’m so sick of words!” Of course, if Eliza was watching the...

L.L. BEAMS: LYNN LAMOUSIN WRITES TO SUCCESS

By the grace of a heavenly entity, sheer will-power or both, some people get to devote their lives to something they love doing. Lynn Lamousin attributes...

CHRIS TORRES: LEVIATHAN RISING

Young Man Kang’s new underground feature The Last Eve is rich with striking imagery, but perhaps the most striking image of them all is the arrival of...

SAVING FACE WITH ALICE WU

Writer/Director Alice Wu tackled a lot of themes with her feature length debut, Saving Face. In an age full of ignorance and stupidity (in the United...

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