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TELL-TALE BANNER
The London International Filmmaker Festival 2020 is screening my film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” on February 14th at 1pm. The festival also nominated the film for four awards. I will be attending the festival. Where I, … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2020, advertisment, Awards, banner, Best Actor, Edgar Allan Poe, festival, Filmmaker, International, Kaoru Kajitani, London, musicabre, musical, score, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, winner, writing
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TOP INDIE FILM AWARD
The Top Indie Film Awards have given “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” an award for Best Music. It was also nominated for Best Director and Best Actor.
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged 2019, actor, Awards, best, director, film, indie, music, musicabre, nominee, The Tell-Tale Heart, Top
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HORSESHOE BEND
Horseshoe Bend is the dramatic loop the Colorado River cuts through the land just south of Lake Powell by Page, Arizona. Lake Powell was formed by the building of the Glen Canyon Dam 1955 – 1966, which in turn … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Arizona, coal, Colorado River, dam, Glen Canyon, Hoover Dam, Horseshoe Bend, Lake Powell, Navajo, Overlook, Page, photography, route 89, Salt River Project, solar
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ANTELOPE CANYON – Scooped Out Swirls of Light and Rock
After we visited the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, we didn’t immediately drive down to the South Rim. We first drove to Page, Arizona, on the shore of Lake Powell. A Lake Powell boat ride booked for the … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope, Arizona, Canyon, flash floods, Georgia O'Keeffe, Lake Powell, Navajo, Page, sandstone, Upper
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INDEPENDENT HORROR MOVIE AWARD
Email received 4:39 pm, January 15, 2020 From: Independent Horror Movie Awards To: me Congratulations, your film “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” won Best Actor (Danny Ashkenasi) at the 2019 Independent Horror Movie Awards (Winter Edition)! It was also nominated for Best Short, Best … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Awards, Best Actor, Best Short, director, Editing, film short, horror, Independent, movie, nomination, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, winner
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TELL-TALE in MADRID & MONTANA
“The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” will play in the 2nd Annual Amazing Shorts Film Festival, which takes place in Madrid, Spain, January 20-25, 2020. My 37 minute musical adaptation of the classic Edgar Allan Poe story, classified as … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Amazing Shorts, Cinemafest, Edgar Allan Poe, film, Film Festival, Flathead Lake, Madrid, Martin de los Heros, medium length, Montana, musicabre, musical, pelicula, short film, Spain, Spanish, subtitles, The Tell-Tale Heart, Village Tap Room, vulture eye
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NEW YORK MOVIE AWARDS
The New York Movie Awards have given “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” the award for Best Actor and the runner up Honorable Mention Award for Original Score Also, this just in: “The Tell-Tale … Continue reading
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Tagged Awards, Best Actor, Honorable Mention, movie, New York, Original Score, The Tell-Tale Heart
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Pierre Cardin at the Brooklyn Museum
The Pierre Cardin: Future Fashion exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum is coming to a close today. I went last Thursday, and found my shutterbug instincts whipped up until my cellphone needed recharging. Here are some of the images that … Continue reading
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