Category Archives: Notes in the News

On current and historic events, likely with a musical angle

P&P VIRGIN SPRING CINEFEST AWARD

Posted on May 27, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

Virgin Spring Cinefest gives “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” the Outstanding Achievement Award for Short Film

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged 2022, Achievement, Award, Cinefest, India, May, musicabre, outstanding, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum, Virgin Spring | Leave a comment

P&P KOLKATA SCREENING

Posted on May 26, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” will screen May 27, 7pm IST as part of the International Short Film Festival 2022 in the Satyajit Ray Auditorium in Kolkata, India

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged 2022, Arifur Rahman, festival, film, India, International, Kolkota, musicabre, Naila Azad Nupur, Sanjay Mukerjee, Satyajit Ray, screening, short, The Pit and the Pendulum | Leave a comment

P&P URUVATTI HONORS

Posted on May 21, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

The Uruvatti International Film Festival gives “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” awards for Best Horror Short Film and Best Original Score / Short Film UPDATE (6/1/22): The certificates have arrived:

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged 2022, best, festival, film, horror, International, May, musicabre, Original Score, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum, Uruvatti, winner | Leave a comment

3 GOLDEN HORSE AWARDS FOR P&P

Posted on May 19, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

Golden Horse International Film Festival gives three awards to “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” Best Experimental Short Film Best Actor Best Original Score

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Awards, best, Best Actor, Experimental, festival, film, Golden Horse, International, musicabre, original, score, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum | Leave a comment

P&P LUIS BUNUEL AWARDS

Posted on May 12, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

“The Pit and and Pendulum – a musicabre” received 2 Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards from L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival (LIAFF). CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabreDirected by Danny Ashkenasi United States Best Film … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Arthouse, Award, Critic's Choice, Film Festival, International, L'Age d'Or, Luis Buñuel, memorial, musicabre, score, soundtrack, The Pit and the Pendulum, winner | Leave a comment

P&P NEW YORK MOVIE AWARD

Posted on May 9, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won the Silver Award for Horror from the New York Movie Awards

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Award, Awards, horror, movie, musicabre, New York, NYMA, Silver, The Pit and the Pendulum | 3 Comments

P&P KING’S CROSS AWARD

Posted on May 7, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

HI Danny, I am pleased to inform you that “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” was voted Best Horror Short in our May Competition. It has also been nominated for Best Horror Short in our main awards ceremony … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged 2022, Awards, Ben Etchells, best, Edgar Allan Poe, film, horror, King's Cross, May, musicabre, musical, short, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum | Leave a comment

PIT & PENDULUM in the EAST VILLAGE

Posted on May 2, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

UPDATE 5/13/22 “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” won the award for Music Performance at the Transparent Film Festival UPDATE (5/5/22) “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” is nominated for Best Actor & Best Music Performance … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged adaptation, Brian McLane, East Village, Edgar Allan Poe, Film Festival, horror, judge, musicabre, musical, rating, Saint Marks Place, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum, theater, Transparent, Under St Marks | Leave a comment

HAPPY SONGS FOR DARK TIMES #4: The “HAPPY” Happy Songs

Posted on April 26, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

If I was hopeful that the dark times might brighten after the Orange Menace was evicted by the people, well, those hopes look if not dashed, surely bruised and battered on the floor. Homegrown fascism and bigotry have only more … Continue reading →

Posted in Live! On Stage, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News | Tagged Alexis Jordan, Barbra Streisand, Beatles, Ben Selvin and the Crooners, Bill Irwin, Billie Eilish, Blood Sweat and Tears, Bobby McFerrin, Bye Bye Birdie, Dick van Dyke, Ding Dong, Don't Worry Be Happy, Ed Sullivan, Get Happy, Happiness, happy, Happy Days Are Here Again, Happy Talk, Happy Together, Humpe Humpe, I Could Be Happy With You, I Whistle a Happy Tune, I'm So Happy Just To Dance With You, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Kid Cudi, Lana del Rey, Life's a Happy Song, Norah Jones, Olivia Rodrigo, Pharrell Williams, Put On a Happy Face, Robin Williams, Rogers and Hammerstein, South Pacific, Taylor Swift, Tears for Fears, The Boyfriend, The King and I, The Muppets, The Turtles | 1 Comment

My Favorite Films of 2021

Posted on January 29, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

There are many movies I saw last year which I enjoyed (even enjoyed a great deal) and recommend (now and then maybe with minor caveats) – Belfast, Belle, Being the Ricardos, Black Widow, CODA, Don’t Look Up, Encanto, Eternals, Everybody’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News | Tagged 2021, best, Drive My Car, Dune, favorite, films, Flee, I'm Your Man, In the Heights, Mass, Passing, Power of the Dog, The French Dispatch, The Green Knight, West Side Story | Leave a comment

2021 YEAR END POP CULTURE QUIZ

Posted on December 30, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

One point for each correct answer. No googling! – since I didn’t use google to come up with these questions (only to spell check afterwards) – which is a bit of a brag, yes, yet maybe also revealing something questionable … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News | Tagged 2021, Andrew Cuomo, Annette, Aretha Franklin, Brian Kilmeade, Chris cuomo, Commander, Cyrano, Dear Evan Hansen, Don McLean, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, In the Heights, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Hudson, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Stewart, Laura Ingraham, Lil Nas X, Lucille Ball, Mariah Carey, movies, music, musicals, Nicole Kidman, Pete Buttigieg, politics, pop culture, President Biden, Princess Diana, quiz, Sean Hannity, Tammy Faye Bakker, Taylor Swift, Tick Tick Boom, trivia, West Side Story | Leave a comment

Pit and Pendulum TRAILER

Posted on December 10, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Hot off the editing bay: The Trailer for “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre”! “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“, my second short film musical adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe classic (say that clause three … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged adaptation, classic, Covid, Edgar Allan Poe, horror, musicabre, musical, P&P, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, trailer, YouTube | Leave a comment

Pit & Pendulum Posters

Posted on December 1, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Introducing the poster design for “The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre“: and its alternate / sibling poster: You probably noticed some imagery from the film that is being introduced for the first time on my blog’s discussions about … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, Notes in the News | Tagged design, Edgar Allan Poe, imagery, macabre, musicabre, poster, short film, The Pit and the Pendulum | Leave a comment

LOVING – Photographic Treasures from the Nini-Treadwell Collection

Posted on November 13, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

Glimpses at a Photographic History of Men in Love 1850 – 1950 Twenty years ago Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell were browsing through stacks of vintage photographs in a Dallas antique store when they came upon a 1920s photograph of … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News | Tagged collection, couples, history, homosexuality, Kitbühel, Love, Nini, photography, soldiers, Treadwell, vintage | Leave a comment

FREE TELL-TALE HALLOWEEN SCREENING

Posted on October 29, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

FREE OUTDOOR SCREENING OF “THE TELL-TALE HEART – A MUSICABRE” HALLOWEEN NIGHT IN MANHATTAN’S EAST VILLAGE My first Edgar Allan Poe musical short film adaptation “The Tell-Tale Heart – a musicabre” will screen for free as part of the Theater … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Notes in the News, Poe Musicabres | Tagged Covid, East Village, Edgar Allan Poe, Halloween, Manhattan, musicabre, musical, New Filmmakers, on-line, Outdoor, screening, short film, The Tell-Tale Heart, Theater for the New City | Leave a comment

HEXEN in HOF TONIGHT

Posted on October 21, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

A Bewitching Production Born out of a Pandemic My musical “Hexen” (“Witches”) is back on the boards, or rather the foyer, in Theater Hof in Germany. Originally premiered in the fall of 2020, it is back in repertory this season, … Continue reading →

Posted in Live! On Stage, Musicabilia, Notes in the News | Tagged Covid, Ed Elder, Florian Lühnsdorf, Germany, Hexen, Hof, musical, pandemic, repertory, Skype, theater, Theater Hof, Witches | Leave a comment

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