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FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS PODCAST: Watch Stephen Koepfer And Paul Varacchi Talk Stunts For Film And TV In New Podcast Series

The action film podcast scene has been a bustling one over the last several years with martial arts stars and fans setting up platforms to lend their voices to the dialogue. Nowadays, listeners are welcome to add stuntmen Stephen Koepfer and Paul Varacchi who’ve since paired up for the Fights With Friends Podcast which launched back in April. The Fights With Friends Podcast is recorded exclusively at Breakfall Studios in New York City where Koepfer and Varacchi train stunt performers and professionals alike in multiple aspects of screenfighting and choreography. Alas, the show is oriented in all aspects of stunts for film and TV, including guest interviews with fellow stuntmen and coordinators, and other industry multi-hyphenates. There are new episodes every two weeks, and four are already available to consume to your heart’s content, with guests including stunt performer Becca GT (Kevin Can F**k Himself, Law & Order: Organized Crime), […]

CONCRETE AND CRASHPADS: STUNTS IN NEW YORK Makes Its Landing On Amazon Prime And Vimeo

Lee B. Golden III

Filmmakers Matthew Kaplowitz and stuntman Stephen Koepfer’s Concrete and Crashpads: Stunts In New York earned several nods for more than a year during its festival life in up to ten public screening events. Having proven its appeal accordingly and eventually finding availability at Ultraflix, consumers with access to On-Demand services at Amazon Prime and Vimeo can now enjoy their introductory look into New York City’s urban stunt jungle whose inhabitants share accolades and credits in work as seen in televison shows and films like the John Wick franchise, Gotham and many more. “Concrete and Crashpads – Stunts in New York” is a documentary short film that offers a glimpse into the invisible world of New York’s booming stunt community. The life of a stunt performer is lived in the shadows, without fanfare or recognition. This film peeks into the lives of some of the men and women who put their […]

Review: CONCRETE AND CRASHPADS: STUNTS IN NEW YORK Welcomes You To The Urban Stunt Jungle

Lee B. Golden III

I’ve been covering stunt performers off and on for about eight years – three of them most prolifically here at Film Combat Syndicate. As a fan, been following stunt performers since about 2004 or 2005 when I became keen on the growing number of homemade kung fu movies being shared on forums and independent stunt team pages before YouTube was born and it’s been a blast seeing how some of these folks have evolved since then. That said, if there is one thing that I am proud to have observed in all these years, it is that once in a while, you will find more and more people who work in journalism, as well as stunts, covering the stunt industry in all its efforts in film, stage and TV. New York City has proven especially viable here with its own pockets of communities and people working together to create, build […]