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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

PRIDE MONTH DAILY MOVIE PLAYLIST

Posted on June 18, 2019 by dannyashkenasi

And so the daily LGBTQ movie shout out commences: Call that blog post by its name here. That Queer Movie blog post is its own country here.

Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup | Tagged 3, Alison Bechdel, Andrew Haigh, Ang Lee, Big Eden, Booksmart, Bound, Brokeback Mountain, Call Me By Your Name, Carol, Cinema, Cloud Atlas, Gay, Gentleman Jack, Go Fish, God's Own Country, Guys and Balls, In the Family, Jane Austen, LGBTQ, Looking, Moonlight, movies, Paris 05:59: Theo and Hugo, Parting Glances, Playlist, Pose, Pride, Pride Month, Queer as Folk, Rebecca Cantrell, Rocketman, Sam Smith, Sense8, Short Bus, The Broken Hearts Club, The Cakemaker, The Celluloid Closet, The Handmaiden, The Happy Prince, The L Word, The Wedding Banquet, Three of Hearts, threesome, Tom Tykwer, Touch of Pink, TV, Walk on Water, Warchowski, Weekend | Leave a comment

SNOW SONGS for SNOW DAY (& a PI Song for PI Day)

Posted on March 14, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

It’s a Snow Day here in the Northeast. New York City is basically shut down and everyone is staying inside. What was projected to be a nasty blizzard for the city has been downgraded to an unpleasant mix of snow, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News | Tagged 3.14, 50 Words for Snow, A Single Man, Abel Korzeniowski, Academy Award, Brokeback Mountain, Gustavo Santaolalla, Kate Bush, Nutcracker Suite, Pi, Pi Day, Snow, Snow Day, Snowflakes, Stephen Fry, Tchaikovsky | Leave a comment

MOONLIGHT – the triple least “Oscar Baity” Oscar Winner

Posted on March 5, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

“I just hope the weird pandemonium doesn’t overshadow the fact that a $1.5 million independent film by a black director about black, gay, poor people was named Best Picture. The process to get there was very weird, but it’s an … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News | Tagged Academy Awards, Argo, Ava DuVarnay, Barry Jenkins, Best Picture, Birdman, black, Brokeback Mountain, Carol, Gay, indie, La La Land, LGBTQ, low--budget, Mahershala Ali, Moonlight, Oscar Bait, Oscars, Selma, Tarell Alvin McCraney, The Artist | Leave a comment

#OscarsSoCrazy – The Worst Best Thing that could have happened to La La Land and Moonlight.

Posted on February 27, 2017 by dannyashkenasi

In a moment that will be hard to beat as the strangest, most gasp-inducing thing to have ever and might ever again happen at the Oscars, “Moonlight” was revealed to have been the actual Best Picture winner after “La La … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, Notes in the News | Tagged Awards Daily, Barry Jenkins, Best Picture, Brokeback Mountain, Crash, Damien Chazelle, director, Gay Movie, Justin Hurwitz, La La Land, Linus Sandgren, Moonlight, PricewaterhouseCooper, Sasha Stone, Spotlight, The Revenant | Leave a comment

BEST SONG OSCAR SURPRISE? – The movie song I predict will be this year’s stealth surprise Oscar Best Original Song nominee

Posted on December 14, 2015 by dannyashkenasi

A few days ago the Academy, aka the people who hand out the Oscars, revealed the list of songs from this year’s movies that are eligible to be nominated as best original song in a motion picture. There are 74 … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema Scope, Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News | Tagged 50 Shades of Grey, Academy, Academy Awards, Best Song, Blythe Danner, Bond, Brian Wilson, Brokeback Mountain, Cabaret, Chi-Raq, Cold One, Conchita Wurst, Diane Warren, Dreamgirls, Earned It, EmmyLou Harris, Enchanted, Furious 7, Golden Globes, Her, I'll See You in my Dreams, Karen O, Keegan DeWitt, Kris Tapley, Lady Gaga, Love and Mercy, Love Me Like You Do, Meghan Trainor, Meryl Streep, Moulin Rouge, One Kind of Love, Oscars, Paul Dano, Ricki and the Flash, Rise like a Phoenix, See You Again, Shaun the Sheep, Simple Song #3, Spectre, Spy, The Moon Song, Til It Happens to You, Variety, Who Can You Trust, Writing's on the Wall, Youth | Leave a comment

The Walk in the Park that Conceived “Speakeasy”

Posted on April 16, 2015 by dannyashkenasi

I came up with the idea for “Speakeasy” while strolling in Prospect Park with Ed six or seven years ago. But I had the ideas that would lead to the idea for Speakeasy many years, even decades before that moment. … Continue reading →

Posted in Beginnings, Cinema Scope, LGBTQ Alphabet Soup, The Speakeasy Chronicles | Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Academy Awards, Alice in Wonderland, Brokeback Mountain, Gay, Jazz Age, LGBT, magical realism, musical, Nightclub, Speakeasy | 4 Comments

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Tag Archives: Brokeback Mountain

A TOURIST ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD

SNOW SONGS for SNOW DAY (& a PI Song for PI Day)

MOONLIGHT – the triple least “Oscar Baity” Oscar Winner

#OscarsSoCrazy – The Worst Best Thing that could have happened to La La Land and Moonlight.

BEST SONG OSCAR SURPRISE? – The movie song I predict will be this year’s stealth surprise Oscar Best Original Song nominee

The Walk in the Park that Conceived “Speakeasy”

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