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CANNES IMPRESSIONS Part 2

Posted on May 27, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

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 | 1 Comment

Love and Hope in Barcelona

Posted on September 30, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

“The Pit and the Pendulum – a musicabre” wins Best Experimental Short Film at the Love and Hope International Film Festival in Beautiful Barcelona Above is a video of my acceptance speech upon winning Best Experimental Short Film at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Poe Musicabres, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Alberto Bellavia, Alfred Hitchcock, Award, Barcelona, Cathedral, Catherine Gayer, Chuti Tiu, Cinema Maldi, Darwin Reina, Dean Addams, Edward Elder, Erin Carere, Experimental, festival, Film Award, flamenco, Gaudi, Gothic Quarter, Internatioal, Jon Vamvas, LHIFF, Love and Hope International Film Festival, Marisa Marti, Museum of Catalan Music, musicabre, Olga Montes, Parc de la Ciutadella, Passeig de Gracia, Plaça d'Espanya, Placa de St Jaume, Placa Reial, short film, Sonia Rescalvo Zafra, Steve Wilbur, tapas, The Pit and the Pendulum, Vincenzo Carubia, Will Grave | 3 Comments

A TOURIST ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD

Posted on November 28, 2022 by dannyashkenasi

I woke up early, still on New York time, the Sunday morning of my Skiptown Film Festival visit in LA. The actors panel I was participating in was scheduled for 1pm, so I had time to play tourist on Hollywood … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Two-fisted Touristing | Tagged Academy Awards, Alfred Hitchcock, All About Eve, Amy Adams, Bela Lugosi, Ben Hur, Billy Wilder, Boulevard, Brabra Streisand, Brokeback Mountain, Capitol Records, Carrie Fisher, Chinese Theater, Crash, Dolby Theater, Elizabeth Taylor, Fonda, Frances MacDormand, Gene Kelly, Gone With the Wind, Graumans, Harry Potter, Hollywood, Hollywood Sign, Hollywood United Methodist Church, Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Durante, Joel Grey, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, Katherine Hepburn, La La Land, Liberace, Lord of the Rings, Lou Costello, Mary Pickford, Meryl Streep, Orson Welles, Oscars, Peter Jackson, Peter Lorre, queen, Return of the King, Richard Burton, ruby slippers, RuPaul, Star Trek, stars, Steven Spielberg, sunrise, Susan Sarandon, The Godfather, Tim Robbins, Titanic, Village People, Vine, Walk of Fame, Walt Disney, Wings, Yma sumac | 1 Comment

30 DAY FILM CHALLENGE

Posted on June 17, 2020 by dannyashkenasi

DAY 1 – the first film you remember watching My memory is tricky here, but it was definitely Disney. I remember being told the first film I saw in the theater (at age 3) was either “Fantasia” or “Pinocchio” (either … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup | Tagged 1917, 2001 A Space Odyssey, 3, 50 Shades of Grey, Alfred Hitchcock, All That Jazz, Amadeus, Ant-Man, Big Eden, Braveheart, Cabaret, Call Me By Your Name, Crazy in Love, Dan in Real Life, Doctor Strange, Fantasia, film, Galaxy Quest, Immortal Beloved, Jesus Christ Superstar, King Kong, Lynn Shelton, Mamma Mia, Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Returns, Meryl Streep, movies, Pinocchio, Postcards from the Edge, Rear Window, Robin Hood, Some Like It Hot, The 40 Year Old Virgin, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Sound of Music, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Tree of Life, To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, Tom Tykwer, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? | Leave a comment

THE SIGHING STRINGS OF CINEMA

Posted on February 27, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

Phantom Thread – Psycho – Cloud Atlas – Platoon – Lorenzo’s Oil – Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – American Crime Story: Versace – The Club – Schindler’s List – Jesus Christ Superstar – Moonlight – Jackie – … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On | Tagged A Single Man, Abel Korzeniowski, Adagio for Strings, Adagio in G minor, Alexandre Desplat, Alfred Hitchcock, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Angela's Ashes, Arvo Pärt, Bernard Hermann, Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, Cloud Atlas, Cloud Atlas Sextet, Death of Cedric, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Itzhak Perlman, Jackie, Janet Leigh, Jesus Christ Superstar, John Corigliano, John Gavin, John Williams, Johnny Greenwood, Lorenzo's Oil, Mica Levi, Moonlight, Nicholas Britell, Nosferatu, Oscars, P. T. Anderson, Patrick Doyle, Phantom Thread, Platoon, Psycho, Robin Carolan, Samuel Barber, Schindler's List, score, Shigeru Umebayashi, string orchestra, The Club, The Red Violin, The Shape of Water, The Tell-Tale Heart, Tim Fain, Tom Ford, Tom Tykwer, Under the Skin | Leave a comment

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