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Category Archives: Cinema Scope
Queer Movies Under the Radar
Nine Fine Films to Keep an Eye Out For Last month we took in a variety of LGBTQ films via the Newfest film festival. Some higher profile films like “Emilia Pérez” and “Bird”, which I saw in Cannes and just … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News
Tagged A House is Not a Disco, Asog, baby, Brazil, Brian J. Smith, Caroline Peters, Dancing with the Stars, Dennis Alink, Duino, Fawzia Mirza, film, Fire Island, Flashdance, Gondola, João Pedro Mariano, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Juru, Kat Rohrer, Marcelo Caetano, movie-review, movies, NewFest, Out, Proshat Madani, review, reviews, Ricardo Teodoro, Seán Devlin, The Queen of My Dreams, This is Ballroom, Veit Helmer, Vitã, What a Feeling
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11/3 FREE SCREENING of PIT & PENDULUM in EAST VILLAGE
“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” screens this Sunday 10pm at Under St. Marks UPDATE: This event has been rescheduled for November 3, 10:30pm – the following information has been updated accordingly: My musical short film Edgar Allan … Continue reading
GORDON PARKS captures INGRID BERGMAN at a fraught time
This Spring I was enjoying a sprawling exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum featuring select works of many African and African-American artists, when I came upon this photo of Ingrid Bergman. A photo that by itself vibrates with meaning and emotion. … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Beginnings, Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged affair, African-American, Brooklyn Museum, Civil Rights, film, Gordon Parks, Hollywood, Ingrid Bergman, Isabella Rossellini, Malcolm X, movies, Muhammed Ali, Petter Lindström, photography, photojournalism, Pia Lindström, scandal, Stromboli
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… in which Ed has to endure Danny getting “artsy” on the escalator.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged AMC, AMC 25, back light, Cinema, Danny Ashkenasi, Edward Elder, escalator, movie theater, multiplex, photography, selfie, Times Square, yawning
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Kingdom of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions
Well, that’s one way to spin the data… This is the 10th installment of my own personal New Yorker Cartoon captions (easiest way to find all the others is to click on the Literary Lyricism category). It’s also the fourth … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Literary Lyricism
Tagged Angels, apple, Belgium, caption, cartoon, D J, Desert island, devil's interval, Frankenstein, french fries, heaven, humor, magician, mayonnaise, New Yorker, office, Planet of the Apes, tritone
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Actor and Cinematography Awards for P&P
In a handsomely arched hall turned screening room in a stately old building filled with history, my Edgar Allan Poe musical adaptation “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”, was shown last night at the Giove International Film Festival … Continue reading
LADY LIBERTY in foul and fair weather
Mid April Ed and I escorted visiting family to Liberty Island for a trip to, and up, the Statue of Liberty. The morning started grey and rainy but turned sunny and blue around the time we reached the viewing gallery … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Blue Skies, Clouds, Crown, Grey Skies, Hitchcock, Lady Liberty, Liberty, Norman Lloyd, pedestal, Robert Cummings, Saboteur, silhouette, Statue of Liberty, sun, Torch
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CANNES IMPRESSIONS Part 3
The final installment of my Cannes Impressions focuses on the town of Cannes itself, the plazas and old town around the Palais, the marina, the Croisette (the avenue along the beach), and some views in the town periphery.
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged beach, Cannes, Carlton, Cinema, Croisette, Fountain, Marina, mural, palm tree, photography, Pulp Fiction, statue, The Piano, yacht
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CANNES IMPRESSIONS Part 2
More Premieres and the Virtual Reality / Immersive Competition I saw 27 movies in Cannes, plus 6 of the programs/installations in the Virtual Reality / Immersive competition (more on that at the end of this post). I saw a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Notes in the News
Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Amaury Foucher, Anora, Antoine Chevrollier, Antonia Giesen, baby, Bird, Cannes, Claude Debussey, Cristóbal León, Croisette, Director's Fortnight, Emilia Perez, En Amour, Evolver, Film Festival, Francisco Visceral, Girl with the Needle, Grace Kelly, Holocaust, Human Violins, Hyperboreans, Immersive, Jack Nicholson, Jennifer Lawrence, Joaquín Cociña, La Pampa, Marcelo Caetano, Marché du Film, Meryl Streep, oão Pedro Mariano, Palais, Paul Newman, Ricardo Teodoro, Sayyid El Alami, Spheres, Un Certain Regard, Virtual Reality
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CANNES IMPRESSIONS – Part 1
I spent 10 days in Cannes, attending the famous film festival on the Croisette. It’s my first Cannes. This will be the first in a series of blog posts of Cannes impressions, of the festival, the movies, the town. Below … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged Aquarium, beach, Cannes, Carnival of the Animals, Cinema de la Plage, Darwin Reina, Film Festival, Furiosa, Grand Lumière, Marché du Film, Microsoft, movies, Nicolas Cage, Palais, pavilion, premieres, red carpet, Saint-Saëns, selfie, The Surfer
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Film Festival Jury Member
I am happy to officially share that I have been made a jury member of the FFTG Awards (who showcased my film “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” last year, giving the film six nominations, and an award … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Awards, FFTG, Film Festival, introduction, jury, musicabre, The Pit and the Pendulum, video
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Special 4/26 NYC Encore Screening of “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”
“The Pit and the the Pendudulum – a musicabre”, my (intake of breath) musical short film Edgar Allan Poe classic horror story adaptation officially concluded its one-and-a half year festival run late last year. However, and this is a nice … Continue reading
A Wig Made From My Hair
That is a picture of a wig that was made with my hair. Hair I donated. Multiple pony tails in zip lock baggies I shipped off to an organization called Hair We Care. Their mission statement is “to help maintain … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, Poe Musicabres
Tagged bald, certificate, donation, Hair, hair loss, Hair We Care, medical, musicabre, myhairstory, Pit and the Pendulum, ponytail, tellusyourhairstory, wig
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Edward Elder Wins FFTG Award!
The FFTG Awards have been announced and “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was nominated for six awards and won one, for my husband Edward Elder for Best Supporting Actor! The FFTG Awards announced the nominees and winners … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres
Tagged Award, Awards, Background Music, Best Actor, cinematography, David Ashkenasi, Edward Elder, FFTG, Grand Jury, Jason Chua, Jimmy McCoy, musicabre, musical, nominee, Stolis Hadjicharalambous, Supporting Actor, The Pit and the Pendulum, winner
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P&P at ANGAELICA
Watch “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” on-line at FESTIVAL ANGAELICA It’s a Holiday Treat! Today and through the end of the year my musical Edgar Allan Poe adaptation “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” will … Continue reading
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