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CHRIS TORRES: LEVIATHAN RISING

By | October 2005

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 the demon Leviathan. Leviathan is not created by CGI trickery. The role is played by Chris Torres, a well-known stunt performer and coordinator enjoying one of his largest on-screen film parts to date…

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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...

PAUL REISER: THE THING ABOUT FALK

It’s tough to find a T.V. personality more beloved than Peter Falk. The smart-yet-scruffy, rough around the edges appeal that defines Columbo is a...

PAUL REISER: THE THING ABOUT FALK

Gabbing with comedian, actor, and writer Paul Reiser is a pleasantly ego-free experience. The gregarious, curly-haired star of TV’s “Mad About You”...

DAVID STERRITT: THE BEATS GO ON

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a group of writers led by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs revolutionized American literature with...

JOSH RUBIN AND JEREMY LUBIN: WILD MAN’S BLUES

Which current film does the best job of squeezing tear ducts and prompting a misty-eyed case of the weepies? Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants? Cinderella...

DAVID REDMON: BEADS, BOOBS AND GLOBALIZATION

Can there be a downer side to Mardi Gras other than the inevitable killer hangover the day after? Yes, there can and David Redmon shows us the way. It's...

MAD MATTHEWZ GETS A REAL JOB

Do you remember the group Digable Planets? I remember the group Digable Planets. Now, Ishmael Butler from Digable Planets can be found playing a slacker...

DANIEL BOURLA: THE LOST GEM CALLED "THE NOAH"

Some months ago, I devoted one of my weekly “Bootleg Files” to a film called The Noah. If you never heard of “The Noah,” that is understandable:...

GREGORY PAKIS AND GARTH PETRIDIS: METHOD TO THE MADNESS

In 2001, Melbourne based filmmaker Gregory Pakis was contacted by his cousin Garth Petridis from jail to turn his life story into a film. Garth Petridis...

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